Once Words

Our children

Are the stars

In the night

In reverse

Lights

That have already

Died

We knew their names

Before they existed

We wished it

And lost it

In the same

Breath

It's the same

When

I think of

Our future

Carefully planned out

A dream so vivid

We woke with

Syrup on our tongues

But it is done

Before we reached it

A tomorrow

Written

In a notebook

That's missing

That's been thrown out

With the last scraps

Of hope

Left in my soul

W and E

No longer a whole

So we go

Our separate ways

Cause it's necessary

Cause you need

And I need

Things we can't be

For each other

So we cover

More ground

On our own

Better for being alone

And one day

We will come together

And share

What we have found

What we have now

What we have made

Without the weight

Of us

Of the names

We no longer need love

Of the life

We were wrong to

Have dreamed of

Our children

Were stars

Far

From our reach

And we loved them

Each

Well before

They were made

Of you and me

Who are Lights

That have already died

And no longer

Shine enough

To guide this night