When I Remember Nothing at All

Sing me a song
That I can recall
When a time comes
When I remember nothing at all,

Leave a picture of yourself,
With your name written there.
Then, I can reach to touch you
In the darkness of despair.

Write me a letter,
With my name at the top,
So I can feign to think ~
When all my memories stop.

O yes,
Sing me a song
That I can recall
When times come
When I remember nothing at all. 

Leave a light on, in the hallway,
To light my way in the dark ~
So I won't be afraid
When memory affords no spark.

Write down a story 
Of what we did and said,
That I might have a flash
From a memory that is dead.

Alzheimer is a threat to
Make a person with no past.
Cling to me and hold me, right now.
Maybe, the memory will last.

O yes,
Sing me a song
That I can recall
When the time comes
When I remember nothing at all.

DEDICATED TO ALL WHO HAVE SUFFERED FROM ALZHEIMER 
OR LOST A LOVED ONE TO IT, OR HAVE LOST THEM IN THOUGHT 
BUT THE BODY STILL LINGERS.

©Sandra Griffin
Author of "God in My Attic"