Who is Truly Spared?

Along our long and winding road
who knows what we will find?
At some point one goes on ahead
and one remains behind

One breathes the fragrant breath of dawn
while one is turned to stone
One disengages from this world
and one is left alone

I trust that should it fall to me
to lose you that I may
Find strength to carry on until
I too am called away

And then as darkness dims the light we shared
I’ll wonder who was truly spared