Promises to a Changing You

I told you I would love and care for you forever, and I will.
But who will take care of me while I take care of you?
Who will remember to love me now that you have forgotten how?
Who will ensure I am okay while I am making sure that you are?

Who is going to speak my name now that you are unable to?
Who will dry my tears, ease my fears,
and tell me everything will be alright,
even when I know it isn’t?

I told you I would love and care for you forever, and I will.
I just didn’t know that the person I said it to
would disappear and I would be loving a stranger.