Do You Still Love Me I Wonder
Do you still care for me?
I am no longer who I was
I can’t remember names
I ache and we go to the hospital often
Your voice gets scratchy and angry
Often when I cannot remember simple
words and facts, late at night it worsens
I cannot care for you as I did
I must carry my own pain best I can
Perhaps too much the mother over time
And I am fighting for small layers of myself
They chip away when I am tired
So you wear your bathrobe quietly
Late into the night playing computer games
And softly cursing as I sit reading mysteries of life and death
Teach our dogs another trick
I am slowing down it's true
I see and feel your frustration
Do you still care for me I wonder
Life is not fair
And death is a cruel guest.
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