Dedicated to Caregivers who endure lovingly the perils of dementia's grip on loved ones. Dementia's Peril Oh tongue of spiked nails, be still, be still! Bite not off the loving hands that tend you! Unfair thoughts revolve through the mind Silently taking it all, never voicing unkind Declarations from soothing voices should swim In tempestuous dementia’s waters of bewilderment Where uncertainty ensnares reasoning’s ability And constraints of life cascades into the abyss By: Debra Squyres 1-26-12