It’s been more than a year now since you went away
The memories of your loss are emblazoned in my brain
As I sway as you swayed in the days
before you lay asleep in your grave
The days I counted when
You were gone from me
Before the day The Creator made his way for thee
To take you home for you to stay
On the day that you went away
I take all of the things that your memories tells me
The lessons that you sent my way before the disease took you away
All I can do is remember
All of the times we talked
And the trips that made their way into our lives
Since you went away
The keeper of your memories have been things I sought
As I try to put the pieces back together
Since you went away
I am a keeper of your memories
One of many that you gave to me
On the day that it took you away
I cannot say what I wanted to say
I curse the day that I found out that some disease would take you away
That you would lose the things that made you
Plagued your thoughts
Plague all your movements
Festering like a wound on our hearts
Since the day it took you away
Since the day that it took you away
Little by little
Day by day
My fears became realized when I got near you
You didn’t know me
It broke my heart but I knew what stayed
It wasn’t you that went away
It was the memories that I became the keeper of
On the day that you went away
But at least I know that you’re in a better place
The fighting ensues
Since that fateful day
But at all cost I must remain
I know that I am a keeper of your memories
Always today . . . .