Quietly, Undramatically

I threw my last years away
To focus on reality’s thread
And when I collapse I know
The string will continue to wind
And with these words I make an oath that silence will outlast me
It stretches far beyond the place that history will know me
For as I sit, secure in what I know is now before me
I focus on the end and how I know that it will take me
Quietly, undramatically
When you’re gone
Frozen images dissolve, discarded
With certainty
The struggles that we face disappear, uncaring
With disregard, quietly time shuffles through the room, unknowing
With disregard, undramatically we’ll fade and then this won’t matter
Breathe in, breathe out
No triumph to be found
Like a stone cast to the sea
I will be forgotten
Let this fade as a whimper against time
I will be forgotten
I will be forgotten
We will be forgotten