Phantoms

"In the face of death, forgiveness is a small, small price"
"I remember the last time I laid my eyes upon him"
"I can still see him now"
"Handsome, even with his back turned"
"If I knew that day would be my last with him"
"I'd have done anything to reach him before the door shut"

"It was a different time back then"
"But I have not felt love like that since"
"You were so special to me"
"But I learned so much about myself the first time around"
"You never said it, but I knew you understood that"
"It's so very cruel how life can give and take with no measure of compassion"
"But at least I know now that I'm being watched over more than most"
"You sit on my bed together, perched like phantoms now"