I Am Afraid by Michelle Chan

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Description

A lady with declining memory due to dementia/Alzheimer's speaks of her declining memory, addressed to her husband.

Vocal Characteristics

Language

English

Voice Age

Middle Aged (35-54)

Transcript

Note: Transcripts are generated using speech recognition software and may contain errors.
I am afraid and Children memories tease me like a child playing hide and seek in the shed And I look in the mirror lines of my face tell me I am old and nothing Heads chic and lips quiver Reflection searches me return He lost some days I sit with strangers Some days I sit with friends But most days I sit alone with just your picture in my hand Talk to you I joke with you. Sing to you I tried to control you back to me What a fleet been for getting are injured your favorite songs Some mornings a week I'm not remembering your name Faint images A few swing behind a thin veil Challenging me taunting me You're fading, I'm afraid My memories feeling and you're feeding along with it Have a good day I can record everything about you About us If we had fit We took every directly saying every jigsaw puzzle with friend On a better day Hey struggled to hold you in my memory I am struggling, I'm afraid tonight at bask in the company of stars collecting the Brighton talks, beseeching them to return my stories. I remember the myth behind each constellation But they tell no tale of mind I see a prayer and that the evening breeze carry it to the brightest star I am cream the witness cold I will steal it longer I see your face But I can't describe the color of your eyes Yeah, laughter equals in my head Your voice eludes me Maybe if I wait more the missing pieces were falling to place You should be whole again I am patient. I'm fighting a better I can't be soon I won't remember you at all He would be a strange and framed by my bed watching me sleep her name to be words engraved on a ring I don't recall a boat before my decaying mind you pleases you forever Please note Even though I might not remember you one day love for you never forgets it's upon the brightest star I surrendered my old please grant me mercy that really besides my loved Thank you