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View From a Nursing Home

I gave my life, I gave you all I had to give I cherished and I fed you and I made you live I often went without my needs and saw to yours instead So, why have you left me here? I was always there for you as your best friend You often said your love for me would never end You promised me a thousand times, you'd never break my heart So, why have you left me here? What was my crime, when came the day when your love died? What did I do to change the way you feel inside? Why did you trade your promises for selfishness and lies? And why have you left me here? I'm so alone, I need to be somebody's friend When will these days of everlasting torture end? I'm living amongst strangers in a home that's not my own Please ... why have you left me here?

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Date: 7/26/2015 9:56:00 AM
oh this is simply heartbreaking - my mum had to move into a care home when dad died - it wasn't financially viable to have her live at home with care - she is lucky i see her most days and take her out - others never leave their room except for meals - she calls them 'the living dead' :-( hugs jan xx 7
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