He doesn’t know her anymore
but she knows who he is.
Her husband, and her sweetheart
and father of their kids.
She made a humble vow to him
upon their wedding day
that she would love and cherish,
and honor come what may.
There is no greater test of love,
or greater lesson learned,
than from those whose given love
no longer is returned.
His memory has been taken
but will one day be restored
by the grace and healing power
that will come from our dear Lord.
What pure and heartfelt gratitude
that day will be expressed
by he who’s faithful sweetheart
passed love’s greatest test.
I loved discovering your poetry, though sadly it was from the death of a co-worker whose Homegoing featured a poem of yours. Thank you for that comfort.
May I humbly offer that this poem, “Alzheimer’s…Love’s Greatest Test,” will read correctly if the spelling is corrected to read as follows: “by he whose faithful sweetheart”.
Kelly,
Thank you for pointing out my spelling error in “Alzheimers…Love’s greatest test”. My spelling ability is not at there level it should be for one who writes for public view. I should not rely on “Spell checker” for words like “who’s” and “whose”. I have made the correction in my file. I greatly appreciate those, like you, who call these errors to my attention.
My poetry comes from the heart
with words it wants to tell.
It’s my brain and not my heart
who is at fault when I misspell.
Ron Tranmer