Lost Inside Alzheimers

She sits alone at the nursing home
Her eyes staring down at the floor
I kneel at her feet and hope for a smile
But her mind can remember no more

I hold her withered hands in mine
So wrinkled and spotted with age
Hands that once worked tirelessly
Now tremble and cling in this daze

I've seen it all being drained away
Memories of her life one by one
Pieces of me being dragged along
As I fight for us both to hang on

A lifetime of memories lost to her
Though my heart my mind overflow
Her delicate grace still walks my mind
Now confused of which way to go

Searching my heart for an answer
I hear the constant shuffling of feet
It's like their souls have lost the fight
But their bodies refused the defeat

Peering into misty eyes of blue
I swallow to hold back the tears
Damn the thief that stole her mind
She doesn't even know I'm here

Sitting here in this rotting place
Is not where I want her to be
I smile and pray that she may find
Some connection to reality

Oh heavenly day I praise you God
Reigns through my lips to speak
As I feel a familiar glimpse float by
And she reaches to touch my cheek

Teresa Wilson ~ 1999

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From Where I Am ~ Enya