One by one
The lights in life
go out.
Acceptance, Excellence
One by one
grows farther away.
Small glimmerings snuffed out
and nobody
Even seems to notice.
Hit the master switch!
Better to have lost?
I thought I understood.
I thought I understood.
And then that last time,
I thought I understood.
No more waiting
For the lights to come down.
Hit the master switch.
Hit the master switch.
Because others can observe you
And make your grief worse;
But only you can
Hit the master switch!
Extinction . . .