Hello / Goodbye

Stay a minute old friend,

Let’s sit and ear’s bend.

Like times we used to laugh,

Before this Parkinson’s path.

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Now eyes like windows reveal,

Awkwardness you now feel.

Shifting foot to foot you stand,

Like in possession of contraband.

The atmosphere both sense,

In resounding sound of silence

A glance down and away,

Say’s all there is to say.

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Symptoms commanding vision,

Escape your solitary mission.

Struggle with what you see,

A reflection of society.

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Separate ways we now go,

But would like you to know

No matter what condition causes,

I ‘m more than shakes and pauses.