In sickness and in health I made my vow,
Made my vow before God.
That vow I shall keep,
Shall keep it at all times,
Shall keep it while my wife drowns,
Drowns in dementia.
The thoughts now lost,
Or repeated constantly,
The intensity spent on insignicance,
Minutes, maybe hours looking,
Looking at a page,
A page in her diary,
Not wanting to miss anything,
Anything that is weeks away.
It is so hard to see her like this,
This woman who is the light of my life,
That light so dimmed now
Occasionally the spark shines
And the woman I married is back.
Those sparks are becoming infrequent,
But for her I will be there,
I will always be there,
Be there in the knowledge,
The knowledge that when we leave,
When we leave this human existence
We will be together,
Together as our unaging Spirits join,
Join with God and fly,
Fly in joy and love,
Fly together towards infinity,
Knowing that our life together
Will be eternal.