They’d been together 44 years
until at age 70 when
her mind began to slip
and blanked out.
Then it became like
they were no
longer together –
she didn’t know him
anymore.
His heart broke at
her loss of memory,
her loss of self
recognition.
He still loved her, but
she no longer loved him or
knew who he was. Love was not
supposed to be like that.
Bob Boyd