I cannot remember the words you spoke,
Nor the way you looked before your body broke,
I cannot recall the smile that lit your face,
It’s hard to remember when illness showed no trace.
There’s only one memory that’s clear to me,
It lasts only a second, but it’s enough to see,
That at one time there was more in your life than just a bed,
That one time a better life was led,
That at one time there was a person behind those eyes,
That you used to be able to go outside.
That there used to be more for you than just one room,
And now that you lie within your tomb,
It gives me comfort, just to know,
That at one point you had more, had somewhere to go.
But you faded away with each passing day,
I can’t pinpoint exactly when you went away,
You left slowly, piece by piece, year by year,
And it took so long for me to shed a tear.
It was not you within that bed,
You were somewhere else instead,
It was not you behind those eyes.