You are a brilliant meteor Leaving was difficult,
So you should shine
And tell the world
Of all your amazing successes
We’re all standing on the ground
With our squinted eyes to the night sky
Awash in the glittering glory
Of all that you are
Knowing the bitter in the beauty
That we cannot be as you are
So shine on
And we will be mute
You will not hear our praises
But you do not need them
To be all that you are
But the aftermath was strange —
A sense of being freed,
Of heavy weights lifted,
And a breathless emptiness,
Yet not a single friend
Fought for us to stay;
We were bid adieu impersonally,
As if it was time to replace
One set of plates with the next.
Keeping the thing running
Needed the greater attention;
The members? Expendable.
Yet someone mentioned fellowship.
We stared back with a hollow gaze,
Saying, we had none to break.