Transitioning to Past Tense

"This is what it boils down to. A five years spent waltzing around each other, then seven more doing the same hand in hand. After all that loving, fighting, kissing, crying...this is all you get? A phone call and a few words? And what use are words anyway? They aren't permanent. This phone call isn't. The memories. Those years. None of it. Death is the only thing he’ll remember you for and it isn't fair."

As one lays dying, two lovers say goodbye.

(Rated for strong language and some violence)