Disclaimer: I do not own the Phantom of the Opera. If I did, it would be entirely Erik/Christine.

A/N: My first Phantom phic. Yay! OK, I wrote this of the top of my head. There is a higher quality Oneshot coming soon.


Phantasy and Reality

Choices.

I made my choice.

Shattered a mirror

A mask.

A heart.

Love.

Is love a choice?

I made my choice.

Crossed the point

Of no return.

I see myself

No longer.

My mirror,

My voice,

Lies shattered

On the ground.

Crystal shards,

Distorting

My reflection.

Ground to dust

By time.

To sing again,

To dream again,

To be an angel

Once more...

But I made my choice.

The right choice.

The right choice?

Love I lost

Was only fantasy.

An impossible dream

Spun of song

And cloaked in shadow.

Insubstantial

As moonlight.

A black rose

Whose petals

Must soon fade.

Love I gained

Was solid,

Was real.

I made my choice.

Stepped over

The final threshold...

Yet, sometimes...

Fantasy

Is worth

So much more

Than reality.

The music of the night

More spellbinding

Than the song

Of sultry day.

I made my choice.

Now...

I must bear it.