At Last the Loneliest of Them

darkness let us leave
common and quiet
without even a mark
daylight let us see
we’ve already lost it
everything we are
at each dawn we resign to a setting sun
and we sleep through the light when the morning comes
because no one held the flame of the curious
and we’ve all lost the thing that would save us from ourselves
compelled to cast from our minds
the remnants left of our kind
the day the message was sent
when we saw infinity end
darkness let us leave common and quiet
daylight let us see we’ve already lost it
now we sing the song that never came to be
the constant hum of meaningless defeat
the sound of thought deserting me to die
the fading path to ever knowing why
a thousand ends with nowhere to begin
the pull of death awakening within
i am at last the loneliest of them
but i won’t repent for what i’ve done
and i can’t forget what i’ve become