Leroy and Mary

Leroy and Mary's relationship goes beyond the meaning of commitment. It's the stuff young lovers dream of, the "I'll love you til' death do us part." Their story begins at a funeral, joy from sadness. And now as she loses her memory he tries to hold on for her.

I found you amoung the dead.
Flesh full of life, I grabbed hold.
Like lobsters mating
for life, we spent ours enduring
winds and floods of marriage.

The memories we fought
to make, you now forget.
The glimmer once in your eye,
now flickers, the dark
brighter than the light.

Meghan Leary