There was, there is

There were questions I never asked

There were answers I never got

There were people I never met

There were deeds I never thought.

There were silences that screamed

There were kids that dreamed

There was a page that never turned

There was a fire that never burned.

Burned were we

Some of you

Some of me

What now remains are scars

Dark memories bedecked with stars.

Burning still yes

Embers they fly

To start another fire

To burn another night.