Never Forget
She can't quite picture his lips
The sincerity in his smile
The scar through his right eyebrow
The dark hair that fell into his eyes when he looked down
The hands that held her
The comfort in the sound of him breathing next to her
The voice that steadied her
These things she can no longer picture
And this haunts her
And everyday gets harder
He doesn't enter her dreams as often
Though it still hurts
Like a winter chill that freezes all your thoughts to one person
The agony under her ribs near bursting
The feeling of their love making
Remembered is the way it felt when they entangled their fingers
The warmth of his kisses
The certainty of love
Saying this must be it
She's forgotten
The exact shade of his eyes
The crease of his brow
The curve of his back
She writes his name on her hand every morning
Although the dementia is eating away at her brain
She won't forget his name
She'll never forget his name
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