Daddy Dementia

My daddy forgot my name Long before he died Although he always kept That twinkle in his eye They call it dementia But I myself call it hell For all that we went through And just how bad it felt I watched him walk around As he picked on walls Trying his very best At wiping something off I still wonder to this day What it is he thought In his imaginary space Or if he thought at all Life brought to him the battle And to life he brought the fight But as any good soldier knows There will come a time Where in the heat of war There is no winning side It takes away the best in life Whether you live or you die I wish he was here to tell How much I'm missing him But I missed my daddy Long before he left