She spent her days locked up in her room
That held nothing but gloom
All she could do was sit by the window
And watch the sun rise and set
She felt her life fading away
Leaving her memories in disarray
She had started feeling onerous
As her mother struggled to find an exorcist
And her father started to hide his face
A mind once full of dreams and hope
Now found it hard to cope
She would stare at the stars every night
Wishing that they would show her the light
She had lost all her friends
Before she could try and make amends
Everyone would cry and say
“Oh lord what evil has consumed this soul”
But only if they knew
That she was more than just a screw
If only they had understood her pain
She wouldn't have been sobbing alone in the rain
She struggled to find that evil foe
Who had inflicted this tale of woe
She had been defamed in the village
For she was called the “possessed witch”
But only if they knew the reality their minds would switch
She would plead to death everyday
To come and take her far away
Somewhere she could start life anew
Please give a detailed explanation about the meaning and main idea of this poem.: Alzheimer's is the most common type of dementia. In this disease the affected begins with mild memory loss which slowly progresses to the loss of ability to carry on a conversation and respond to an environment . The main idea of this poem is how a girl struggles with this disease. She lives in a remote area where people are not aware of these diseases . Due to this she is accused of being possessed and her mother who is also illiterate looks for exorcists to cure her daughter. Her father also ashamed at the fate of her daughter hides his face and locks her in a room . This poem talks about the different challenges she has to face the most difficult one being her own mind.
Please explain your writing and thought process regarding this poem.: At first it was hard to come up with the right words to explain this disease as a poem. I spent many hours struggling just to find the right wording and sequence. Finally i found out what i was failing to do . Then i imagined myself as a girl in a remote area who has been affected by this disease. By doing this as i said below i could feel every emotion the girl in the poem must be feeling . Due to this i instantly found the words i was looking for . It was as if they just popped into my mind out of nowhere
Why did you choose to write this poem?: They are over 10 million cases of dementia and Alzheimer's in a year . Due to this i wanted to put myself in the place of someone who actually has Alzheimer's. By doing this i actually felt all the emotions one would feel due to this disease . So then i decided that i would publish this poem and bring more attention to this disease as they are millions of people still unaware about thisHow
Do you have any tips or anything to share with the youth writers who may be reading this?: I encourage the one who's reading this poem to search about the Alzheimer's disease first so they know the symptoms and what they're actually reading about
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