I'll Save You

I lose you just a little,

bit by bit each day.

I weep for each part

as all memories fray.

Your voice becomes distant,

your touch leaving me.

The ache in me constant,

never ebbing away.

I wish for your comfort

I wish for your love.

I wish you could hear me,

far from above.

Look what you left here,

look who's left broke.

See who held near

each syllable you spoke.

I'm losing you slowly,

I'm terrified of me;

my inability to remember,

my leaking memory.

But you came to me recent,

I held you in a dream.

I cried while you smiled

and pulled you tight to me.

I told you I missed you,

I knew what must come.

I felt you were happy,

I knew it was done.

My pain could subside,

my grief could begin.

I'll save you in my mind

and love you there within.