Do not ask me to remember.

Do not ask me to remember.

Don’t try to make me understand.

Let me rest and know you’re with me.

Kiss my cheek and hold my hand.

I’m confused beyond your concept.

I am sad and sick and lost.

All I know is that I need you.

To be with me at all cost.

Do not lose your patience with me.

Do not scold or curse or cry.

I can’t help the way I’m acting.

Can’t be different though I try.

Just remember that I need you.

That the best of me is gone.

Please don’t fail to stand beside me.

Love me ‘til my life is done.

Author unknown

My Father

Thomas Barton

RAF Officer

WW2 Bomber Squadron Leader -  War Hero

Died 1985 Aged 65 Years 

Dementia robbed his final years of his Dignity

He Rests in Deserved Peace