Her mind was slipping
Down one step
Then two
A roll of paper
Escaping across the floor
But he had loved her too long
So he didn’t see it
Didn’t want to
Till she could hide it no more
By then
There were just scraps of who she used to be
Scattered too far apart
For even his big loving heart
To pick them all up
And they blew away on the wind
Never to be seen again
Except in the brief moments
When he pressed a kiss to her forehead
And her heart noticed him standing there
But she was gone again by the time he looked up
