I watch you breathe as gently as you sleep.

Uninterrupted by love, as years go by.

Now we have so much more,

Minds embracing minds.

You say half-words and smile at your dream.

I touch your hand, as I grow old beside you,

Your fingers once smooth, now frail and bent.

I feel your pain inside of you, touching me.

I see the young man, who made me laugh,

So tall and strong, now small and weak.

No more jokes to tell, no memories of us.

Perhaps a feeling of once what was.

Just you and I, my one true love.

The children long gone, to nests of their own.

It's my turn now, to see us through.

I'll hold on tight, for both of us.