A poem written by a 93-year-old widower in memory of his late wife who died from Alzheimer’s has gone viral.
Bob Lowe, from Hampshire in the UK, read his ‘Ode to Kathy’ on BBC Radio 5 Live on Monday in an effort to help raise awareness about loneliness among pensioners.
Take a listen:
The couple had shared more than six decades of married life together and Bob asked his wife to marry while he fought in the Second World War.
The BBC has been inundated with messages from around the world with many describing the couple as a real-life version of the Oscar-nominated animation ‘Up’.
Here’s the poem written in full:
I am alone, now I know it’s true
There was a time when we were two
Those were the days when we would chat
Do little jobs of this and that
We’d go to the shops and select our meals
But now I’m alone I know how it feels
To have to cook or buy meals on wheels
The rooms are empty and I feel quite lost
I wander round, to look for jobs that I can do
To bring back the days when we were two
But When darkness falls and the curtains drawn
That’s when I feel most forlorn
But I’m not quite alone and here’s the proof
Because beside me in her chair
She quietly waits our time to share
Kath said to me, ooh years ago
Darling when the time comes for us to go
Can we mix our ashes and be together?
So we can snuggle up for ever and ever.
