I remember your name
I remember when you stood there
in the pouring rain
I remember your eyes
Every time I wanted to save you
I remember your cries
I remember your hands
Small, delicate
Dancing across strands of love
It was definite
I remember the time
When you told me we're running out of time
It didn't seem to be mean
at the time, just a wordless crime
I remember when we were fine
I remember what you said
as you kissed my head
Cried and told me that we were dead
I remember the following weeks
When you lay in that hospital bed
Smiled and repeated
"We are dead"
Every day
Every night
Nothing I could say
Stripped of all of my might
but still asked you to keep up the fight
"We are dead"
You said as the cancer spread
All the while smiling
though you knew you were dying
Tried to stop me from crying
"We are dead"
Those words stuck with me
I remember you
and what you meant to me
That small smile that said love is all we ever had
I remember that love
I remember your eyes
I remember your smile
And damn it if it wasn't worth every mile