Well it has happened once more,
Another year in my life has passed,
A year that has changed my life.
My lover is no longer with me,
She has not left this earth
But is being cared for,
Cared for by wonderful people,
Leaving me alone,
Alone in our home.
Being alone can be sad
But I am not lonely.
My life was being lost,
Lost in the care of my lover.
But my life is back,
I now only have to deal with my life,
Not two lives.
As my wife’s dementia got worse
I was struggling,
But two things were still with me,
My music that has been with me,
With me all my life,
And words,
Words like the ones I am writing,
Writing now.
As I stood in the shower on my birthday
I washed away all the worries of that last year
And stepped out into my new year.
Looking forward to MY life,
A life that I will fill with joy,
Fill with music,
Fill with words,
Knowing that the love for my wife
Will still be there.
Even if we are apart
That love will stay strong,
Then one day the time will come
When we leave this earth,
And our lives will be whole again,
As we walk together to eternity.
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Author:
Goldfinch60 (Pseudonym) (
Offline) - Published: October 7th, 2019 01:22
- Comment from author about the poem: These words came to me as I was standing in the shower yesterday on my birthday. The music by Pee Wee Hunt was reckoned to be the number one hit in 1948, the year of my birth. For those who do not know the video shows a 78 record being played on a "RECORD PLAYER" (I still have some 78 records).
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Comments6
Highest compliments on your birthday Andy and on your wonderful words today. Many more words than usual ~ noted.
Ex Animo. Alan
ps. Your poem sounds much better played on a 78 shellac.
Thank you Alan, I had a good day.
Those seventy eights made good fruit bowls!
Happy Birthday Wishes Gold - good write.
Thanks Orchi on both accounts.
What a wonderful example of love your poem outlines my friend with joy being the main essence which infuses each day - - your birthday yesterday brought a year's events into focus and your positive way of dealing with life as it is now is so admirable dear Andy - thank you for sharing your joyful intentions with us along with Pee Wee Hunt 's ever popular Rag.
Thank you Fay, I am always positive nowadays, it comes when you have been given a second chance at life.
Best wishes for yesterday and love the recording. Great write about your situation - so well expressed
Thank you Michael, much appreciated.
Your inner faith and newfound strength from it shine today Andy. Self assured and full of positive love of life energy you are living this wonderful existence we too often seem to take for granted or even bury ourselves uneccessarily beneath burndens of the mind.
TBH i do admire you and hope that when my lil hiccup passes i too will be living in a similar vein.
A really uplifting, energising piece from you today. Thank you, it uplifted me.
Thank you so much d a, I do sincerely hope that your hiccup passes and your life gets back to normal.
As both of us know if course music is always there for us in all circumstances.
ANGELA HERE - UNCLE ANDY - fab music for me to go to BED with (its gone midnight getting ready to go home to ESSEX with BIG BEAR !)
Love the POEM very uplifting ! Some of my OLDER PHYSIO clients are in the SAME BOAT as you - having to leave their partners in the care of others. I tell them about my UK Friend Andy and how well & positive you are coping ! Brian & I are so so pleased that You still have Your Blessed Hope that your Beloved Joyce & Yourself will be forever together in Eternity and WHOLE in Body - Mind & Spirit - AMEN !
Blessings & Peace to YOU & JOYCE
Love ANGELA & BRIAN 🧡💙🧡
Please check MONDAY (x 3) also our new
FUSION - Favourite Month ! Thanks A & B !
Thank you Angela, much appreciated, I am always positive these days, there is good in all our futures.
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