I cradled you
when you slept
I soothed you
when you wept
I fed you
when you craved
food
for thought as all.
Now it is your turn
feed me,
soothe me,
love me.
For I am the one
who loved you
once
who loves you
still.
I may not
remember
your name,
but your face
your voice,
fills my heart
with love,
fills my eyes
with tears.
Hear me
when I call you,
when words
no longer come
out of my mouth.
I still love you
with every breath
my last breath.
I am not
a shadow
of my old self.
See your self
in me.
I do not live
in death,
your un-loving
your forgetting,
my child,
kills me
Alive.
Keep me
alive
in your thoughts,
love me,
only
love me.