Once upon a time
We were a full moon
I thought
I was one of them
But one by one
They left
At first
It wasn’t a bother
Because we were still shining
We were still we
But one day
I found we were waxing
Never to be whole
Just a crescent of what was
Begging for the day
Where everything returned
But one day
The remains
Of what shone so bright
Left
And I whispered
‘Don’t go’
But no one listened
And I found
That I was nothing to them
Because all alone
I was a new moon
Once upon a time
We lit up the skies
But now
There is I
And there is nothing
But darkness.