Mrs Drogue late of The Limes

has had an accident today

she would have pressed the buzzer

but felt a little confused,

she thought her son who passed away last year

would be coming to visit today. 

 

It's when the body makes its own decisions

one carer told me

that's when these things happen. 

 

We go back a long way

Mrs Drogue and me

she was never easy, an awkward neighbour

for so many years.

When Arthur died she lost the plot

now I stop by once a week. 

 

She doesn't know quite who I am

but I ask her if Arthur has dropped in yet

and that passes the time away.

It's amazing to see how she comes to life

 

she loved him to death,

i'm really just a stranger now

but I look forward to the walk anyway.