By Thomas Ong – 3 Jan 2021

A burden to the family

Which can be big or small

“A faded away easily”

“A not there at all”

Are we to feel the guilt

Of such a stigma and myth

Is fading away really built

Into our setback forthwith

Are we really decaying away

Sliding down the slippery slope

Into some unknown oblivion way

Knowing that the future is hard to cope

The troubles we face

Needing to be tagged

Feeling that we have no grace

And so have to be gagged

Are we demented

Offensive and disrespected

Also to be commented

As one not alive and resented

Our journey is not innocuous

To anyone or to ourselves

So treat us not as precious ubiquitous

Individuals requiring to be put on the shelves

We are not such

We need your care

Your concern and much

More the tender love we share

There is so much hope to live affably

With friends, neighbours and family

In joy, peace and also in harmony

Till then when we fade away eventually

For making our journey safe and sweet

For your tremendous efforts to show the way

We have much to thank and tweet

About the concern and care from the ADA