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?

I'll remember you always

Until the end of the last ember

Till 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?

Every fateful celebration

Every painful souvenir

Every look of wide-eyed wonder Every all-consuming fear

How could you disappear?