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For Alen

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Always See You
Sometimes I watch you sleep,
In those hours you are who you were
And I am just your wife.
Sleep is not disabled
And I sit in your wheelchair
So I can't see it, up close, beside you,
I only see you.

When I close my eyes and drift
You are young and standing,
Tall, beside me and once
More we can lie together
And both your arms are mine again,
We are so close that
I can only see you.

If I step back in full day light
My eyes will touch your
Wheeled chair, your bed with
Rails and motors, your life spread
Out on one working side
So I step close..
So I can only see you.

Your eyes are full of love and
Sometimes fear and uncertainty,
Without words you tell me you
Are sorry for what you could
Not help and what has become
Our life and I touch your
Face and whisper...
I can only see.....you.

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