Gone but here to stay

Gone, but here to stay.

**

We lived out a fantasy,

You and me.

I just had to try 18 before we ran away.

But you couldn't wait for the light in the darkness.

Instead, you gave in to the dark, and now you're gone.

**

Here to stay is your love and memory.

I turn 18 this week.

But we will never be this fantasy of you and me.

Because you are gone, here to stay is my forbidden love for you,

my friend

my mentor.

My lover, you are gone but here to stay.

Isn't that just the way?