Nothing Ends That Was Already Over

There was not they
It was only us
There was no I
Only we existed

We were young
Life smiled on us
Endless with optimism
When it did not
We cared not

Until we grew tired
When who we were
Stopped to rest
And never got up

What we became
Continued without us
Eventually becoming lost
And there was not even us

Less and less there was we
Until we no longer existed
Simply they
But it was only I

An I for an I
And I alone
Will bear the weight
Of the damages done