Memory Care

The mind dims  

Like a hallway light  

Flicking once

Then settling into dusk

Names loosen

Slipping from their hooks

Soft as old coats  

No one claims anymore

Faces blur  

Into watercolor ghosts

Edges melting  

Like rain on ink

But the heart

It remembers differently

It keeps the warmth

The laughter

The small familiar weight  

Of a hand once held.  

Even when the mind forgets

The body still knows  

The rhythm of love

The shape of comfort

The gravity of someone  

Who mattered

Memory care  

Isn’t just a place

It’s a gentle holding

A slow returning

A promise whispered  

To the fading light

You are still here 

You are still known

You are still loved  

In the ways  

That never disappear