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"