Chrono

Lost, my shelf, discarded books,
Halfway phrases responded to the question 
How's it going, I wish I knew 

Where I left what I started 
But that was too many eyes ago
And conviction means connecting 

Not denying 
It's the fate
Of one alive today 

To be sure of the dying 
Of the light 
And the rest 

Which is not so bad 
One confessed
As the next 

Became the last 
One perplexed 
Two are past