How Could You Disappear?

I'll remember you always Precious things not yet forgotten Like my first second skin With my first jump into water In that wild, blue embrace And the dark bite of November, I remember, As the wind whispered of fate I'll remember you always Among the first of the surprises In the summer of my spring As a whistling adventure As a song of foolish joy And the rising bounce of green grass, as time passed, As it lifted birthday boy How could you disappear? Oh, how could you disappear? I'll remember you always Until the end of the last ember 'Til no one knows my name As we crept into your bedroom Let our fingers trace your sheets With an air of still about you, that devout hue, As you drifted into peace I'll remember you always As one of few things best forgotten Through a faded film of shame In the eyes-locked lust of first love With the thrill of what we'd found As we clutched our sacred secret, swore to keep it, Swore to never make a sound How could you disappear? Oh, how could you disappear? Every fateful celebration Every painful souvenir Every look of wide-eyed wonder Every all-consuming fear How could you disappear? Oh, how could you disappear?