I HAVE DEMENTIA - THE ONE THEY CALL DEMENTIA!

FOR ALL THE STUDENTS AT ST. BEDE’S... Many Blessings, John Pops.
YOU STEAL AWAY OUR SECRET PLACES
ROBBING OUR FAMILIAR FACES
PRECIOUS TIMES THAT NOW ARE GONE
WITH SILENCE LEFT OUR ONLY SONG…
LOITERING IN THE MASK OF MADNESS
HIDDEN WHILE YOU ATE OUR SADNESS
GREEDY FOR OUR MEMORIES
YOU FED YOURSELF FOR CENTURIES.
YOUR STEALTH HAS FUDGED OUR VERY NAMES
YES, YOU’RE THE ONE WE ALL CAN BLAME.
FOR COWARDLY ACTS, YOU’RE SUCH A FIEND
YOU EVEN HIDE US FROM OUR DREAMS.
YOU LEAVE US FEELING SAD AND DENSE
WHEN WIPING OUT OUR CONFIDENCE
YOU SUCK FROM US OUR VERY LIVES
AND UP TILL NOW YOU HAVE SURVIVED.
THE ELEPHANT SAT IN OUR ROOM
IS YOU MY FRIEND, BUT VERY SOON
DESPITE YOU SHARING EVIL GLOOM
WE’LL COME FOR YOU TO SEAL YOUR DOOM
WE’VE THROTTLED MUMPS AND BLINDNESS
WITH FORTITUDE AND KINDNESS
WE’VE DONE AWAY WITH AGUES AND PLAGUES
AND SEVERED TUMOURS WITH OUR BLADES
WE’VE OUSTED AIDS AND FEVERS
WITH OUR MEDICS AND BELIEVERS
WHEN WE FIND THE MEDICATIONS
THROUGH OUR HOPE AND DEDICATION
WE WILL BRING THIS WAR TO YOU
IN EVERYTHING WE TRY TO DO
PROTECTING ALL THE DREAMS YOU PLUNDER
KEEPING ALL LIFE’S AWE AND WONDER
THE STUDENTS LEARNING HERE RIGHT NOW
WILL STOP YOUR SENSELESS GREED SOMEHOW
AND WHEN DEMENTIA DOES SUCUMB
AND ALL THE HEALINGS HAVE BEEN DONE
WE WILL CELEBRATE WITH TEA AND CAKE
BECAUSE WE’VE PUT YOU TO YOUR FATE
NO LONGER A HATED MYSTERY
YOU’LL BE LOCKED AWAY IN HISTORY….