Dementia
You just could not understand why,
there was no one there that could hear you cry,
you didn’t know I could feel each tear that burned you.
You thought needing help was a sin,
so you refused to let anyone in,
while I screamed at God to show me what to do.
You used to be so full of song,
then you found your music had long since gone,
the silence crept upon you without warning.
It left you very far from home,
on a path you thought you must walk alone,
with no one there to help you find the morning.
For too many years late in life,
after your darkness had eaten the light,
and the nightmares pushed away reality.
Locked away in your broken shell,
where you battled with demons from your hell,
and struggled to find a way to be set free.
I watched the spark fade from your eyes,
til your mask of life fell, without surprise,
still it left me with a heart cold and broken.
I lost you in this life that’s true,
I don’t know how to say goodbye to you,
I’m sorry for the words I left unspoken.
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