Parting!

I clearly see the sadness in her eyes,

The times that you are knowing

What's happening to your wonderful mind,

The symptoms you are showing.

It was so hard to recognize

When they started coming through.

The little things that changed you

From the person that I knew.

The doctor's confirmation

Was so hard to accept,

To know that little could be done,

That there's no cure as of yet.

Forgive me, my dear, if sometimes

I give in to my frustrations.

It's just so overwhelming,

This change in our relations.

Now I'm the one to be on guard,

To keep you safe from harm,

Protecting you the best I can

And not showing my alarm.

I hope you still can understand

How much you mean to me.

Though you curse me or forget me,

I'll accept what has to be.

For I will still remember

The joys that we once shared.

You showed me in so many ways

How very much you cared.

I pray to God to give me strength

To do what must be done,

To trust that in the future

This battle will be won.