Despite your multi-faceted encyclopaedic mind

never having lost a single page

the remainder of your overall condition

continues to deteriorate

 

following a recent visit

I looked up

through the winter undressed tree branches

to see you waving from your second floor window

 

and smiling that same reassuring heart warming smile

I always need to see

while at the same time probably both of us knowing

that the health plunderer is close by

 

preparing to do whatever damage he can to you

in his own merciless time

although I strongly believe

that he will never be able to inflict

any damage whatsoever

 

to your steeled determination

and dignified intention

to fight him every step of the way

to the bitter end.