Of Saints and Shadows

Lines are drawn in the sand Time falls away faster than we can know This is where we stand At opposite ends of the world Silence covers all Coming on just as night falls Liquid

I went into your dreams last night And there I found you Alone, standing beneath the moonless sky Star-filled and black At the farthest point At the farthest edge And here you were happy It was here I saw you smile first

Your memories are black Fading faster than any of us knew Faces blending into one another My name is not my own Do you remember me at all? Your memories blacken Time spills through your fingers Life is an unorganized mess How old are you? Do you remember your husband? Can you remember your children? Is your memory of me alive or buried beneath the confusion and pain? Your memories are black As if they never were Confusing and frightening We stand behind you Which hurts more, forgetting a child or being forgotten? http://www.alzheimer.ca/english/index.php