If You Love Me At All Poem by Carlton Briganza

Love me when my skin is wrinkly,
When my bones creak louder than a rusty gate,
When I have no hair for a hairfall cure
When i'm cursing under my breath
When I refuse to eat for lack of teeth to chew
When my smile shows you my gums
When i'm no longer of any use to you
When my lips are chapped and a kiss hurts your cheek
When I'm smelly because I dont bathe for a week
When you curse under you breath because I can't hear you
When my face no longer tells my age
When my hands tremble before our hands meet
When my feet grow icy cold in the mid of day
When I can not do anything on my own

If you love me at all,
Love me after i'm gone.