Fades Away
Love is stronger than death
love is life's gift
He mumbles to himself than suddenly shouts out loud
he'll stop and stand and chuckle as if he is proud
he sits on his front porch in his mouth an unlit pipe
If you dare walk on his lawn he'll yell up a fright
His wife checks on him, for her he grins
tells her of yesterday as if it happened just then
She smiles and squeezes his hand
and gently fades away
It won't be long and he'll be taken soon
into a place he can rest in a safe room
With meals and baths and happy pills
and he can tell and tell and tell
stories of yesterday
as he slowly fades away
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