The Last Time

He squeezed my hand and looked at me wildly.

'Let's cheat death!' he said with a light in his eye I'd never seen before.

I knew death was the only one you couldn't cheat, but I loved him more than I loved honesty, so I played along and said in a warm voice:

'Let's, my love... Let's do that.'

It was the last time I saw him. But not the last time I loved him.