A war of words,
rages every day,
to build anew
or to throw away?
Having little faith,
in do or not do,
what I say,
will be up to you.

In all of the World,
so far and wide,
I have always wanted
someone like you,
close by my side.

The river runs long.
The land is wide.
Why are you missing
away from my side?

There is an enjoyment
when I visit my wife,
for she says
"I love you" many times,
which breaks my heart,
to see her slip away
from our life's reality.

Long lay the lines
of a knotted-up sky.
Clouds, darkly twisted,
corkscrew in shape.
Dark was the night
as storm clouds amassed,
to the distant horizon.

I am embittered,
do not preach to me,
the drivel you call
human Christianity.

The lights were flashing,
with ringing of a bell.
Locked away, she was
in her personal cell.
No gathering of people
with stories to tell.
Locked away, alone,
in your living hell.

Man up, they said.
Man up indeed,
One day at a time,
It will get better.
Easy to say.
More difficult for you,
She will have forgotten.
Anguish for your stay,
On this emotional trip.

I am near you,
here I will be,
longing to see my
true love, thee.

I see these scratching,
all my words to view,
about a lost love,
of friends like you.

Loneliness
is now a
part of my life.
Remembering the time,
wanting to be alone.
Now I am.
This is no longer home.
A room without people,
oh, how it has grown
to a vacant space
unlike a home.

Please provide me the wisdom
I've forgotten or lost
to make the right decision
No matter the cost.

I live here alone
in this empty house.
My wife has moved
to a memory care place.
One life ruined, by despair
another life in shambles,
with a sign, Do Not Repair.
This is no longer the life
which I hoped it to be,
for the sadness of loss
has overtaken my reverie.
I am most thankful
for the life we had
but when memories flee,
leaving you, the only one
who recalls all the good,
when we were so young.