Memory

 

I miss the you of yesterday

The solver of problems

When I was in a bad way.

 

Your hugs are still you

But your words,

They’re so confused.

 

They call it the long goodbye.

Your memory is fading,

& you're not the same guy.

 

Sometimes your mind slips slowly,

Other days, at light speed.

I cry for the day you won’t know me.

 

For now we must be content

To love you for this season

& not query the troubles that were sent.

 

I will always remember you as Dad

Not this person who’s tangled

in his own mind, fragmented and sad.