Him

 Methodically walking down the extensive hallway to another bend and another corridor...he had a distant feeling of a toddler's perspective with overbearing walls and a building that seemed to swallow him.  Determination would keep him going though, for he was on a mission and despite the limitations and battle of a fragile and aging body, he would conquer the quest.  The greatest of his current life, to see his true love before the hospital doors slammed closed for the night.  Though brave and a fighter, one look in his eyes and the vulnerability could not be held back as moisture form.  Such pain and loneliness.  Misplaced with the foreboding future just ahead.  The one who knew him better than anyone, the one he protected and loved was gone from his dwelling...slain by the beast of disease.  Would this be a permanent separation?  The man didn't know, but he grabbed at the present and overcame barriers others don't know exist to make it to her door, her room, her bedside.  There he sat.  There he waited and treasured each precious minute in the home created by the physical nearness of togetherness.

Love is powerful