Remember,

as we began our life together,

with all the

promises to be...

To welcome life’s challenges

as a team...

just you and me?

Little did we know

the wave of difficulty

when aging actually began

to change what we would see.

So if I get cantankerous

or make difficult demands,

please understand that

life has moved

way out of our shared hands.

We see it all around us

when forces not our own

make kindness seem to go away

and leave us each alone.

It’s a question without answers

never recognized before.

I just don’t want you feeling

that you must still endure.

Recognize it isn’t me

but something in my brain

that’s turning us to strangers

and creating so much pain.

So let’s decide right now

that if I turn away,

I really hope that you

start heading your own way.

No promises are broken.

It’s alright to be free.

Remember what I told you,

“It really isn’t me.”