Forgotten Life

Hello my name is Linda
I'm just passed 22
I'm a grown up human being
But I don't live the way you do

I wake up in a hospital each day
Not remembering a thing
Except for memories before my accident
Reminders of yesterday never ring

My children come to visit me
Once or twice a week
They look different now
They've lost their baby cheeks

I ask them repeated questions
Hoping I'll remember one
But my hopes are always broken
Once I realize our time is done

That is when I'll sleep again
And my life will be a forgotten mistake
The only reason I know this
Is because the nurse re-tells me each time I wake

Which is why I wrote this letter
To try and spark my mind
So that way I'll write another letter
And maybe...there'll be memories to find.