What Happened

What happened to life,
where did it fail?
My wife is confined
in a memory jail.
No more the friends
to visit with she,
as the word Dementia
caused most to flee.
What must I share?
Holding her tight
in my arms, to help
her to be not lonely at night?
I see her as often
as I can possibly do
and protect her from the harm
she has fallen into.