How i loved your smile

thetworegs

My mother died of alzheimer’s four years ago now by the time she died her memories had all but gone and she had no knowledge of who I was but for fleeting moments when she would recognise me and squeeze my hand and I would hug her. This is a song about one of those moments from her point of view…..

                   How I loved your smile

I looked in your eyes but couldn’t remember your name
Holding you close to my breast and a faint memory I retained
Comes to mind while my mind was in flames
Oh how I loved your smile
Oh how I loved your smile

Yesterdays memories I’m unable to keep
They are buried in the avalanche deeper than deep
My mind is a muddle alive only when I sleep
But I remember your smile
Oh how I loved your smile

This flame in my mind is burning me up alive
Just faint memories that come and go
Your emerald blue eyes that are so full of life
And your smile
Oh How I loved your smile

I don’t know how its going to go
Deeper into the dark oh the further I go
When I look behind I can not see
But I remember your smile
Oh how I loved your smile

Break

Dark in the distance, a light begins to glow
Beckoning me forward, time seems to have froze
As life leaves my weary bones
I rememberyour smile
I remember I loved your smile