An Alzheimers Poem

Don’t ask me to remember.
Don’t try to make me understand.
Let me rest and know you are with me.
Kiss my cheek and hold my hand.

I am confused beyond your concept.
I’m sad and sick and lost.
Just know I need you here.
To shield me from the things I fear.

Don’t scold or curse my cry.
I can’t help the way I am acting.
I can’t be different though I try.

Just remember that I need you,
And the best of me is gone.
Please don’t fail to stand beside me,
Just love me till my life is done.