A few days ago
I left the house
to go walk the dog.
I saw two police
at the end of our corridor.
I knew immediately,
what they were doing:
one neighbour at the end
got transported to a closed
nursing home ward.
The next day I visited his wife
to check if she needed
a shoulder to cry on.
But she did not,
was relieved he was gone.
He already was slightly
demented but after hearing,
that her lung cancer
returned, he got far worse
and very aggressive.
A sad occasion
afer they were together
for twelve years.
Now she has herself
to cope with.