I'll Remember

She sits, drinking her morning coffee

I ask her if she’d like eggs for breakfast

“Yes, that would be fine”

She takes another sip

“What’s for breakfast?”

Eggs, I remind her

As I empty the dishwasher

We talk about today’s agenda

A trip to the store is planned

“What are you going to make for breakfast?”

I tell her I thought eggs would be nice

Oh yes, she likes eggs

Easter is coming; “Do you remember?”

There was that Easter that it snowed

She likes to travel

And would like to go to Maine

I offer to plan a trip

“But I won’t remember”

I’ll remember for us

Pennies On The Floor

The pennies scatter

Across the floor

Under the bed

Glass shards interspersed

Gently I stoop

And begin to pick them up

Gloves to prevent cuts

Gloves to keep from getting dirty

It is painstakingly slow

I sit on the floor

And shoo the cats away

I do not want them to get hurt

She would have left them

The glass, the dirt, the chaos

The possibility of harm

No capability to rectify

Angry tears form

I am mad at her for not caring

But she can’t help herself

She does care; she can’t do

This is not what I wished for her