Mum please will you forgive me
Sometimes I really want to scream
I often wish I could walk away
And live my perfect dream

Your dementia can be testing
Some days are worse than others
You behavior routines are erratic
And they really make me shudder

Please mum I really love you
I only want to care
It’s not your fault it’s my mind
Some days I’m going nowhere

Some days I often wonder
How much more I can carry on
With all my heart I don’t give up
To be your loving caring son

The many nights of sun-downers
Are breaking down my health
I know that if you had a clear mind
You would change the cards dealt

We will live each day at a time
I Consider words I don’t dare
If one day and it breaks my heart
If your final journey is in care

David Swinden 4/4/2016