We Who Disappear

From your point of view
It may seem
That we have never been

All we've done
All we've seen
But in an inane way
That all has decayed

I swore like a trooper
And now I'm becoming
More and more
Becalmed in your sea

It looks like we wither
But how could you know
Not being in at the death

We'll swear like troopers
Without rhyme or reason
Biding our times
Until the end

"You may rest assured
That you will abide by us
We who disappear"