Generation No. XOXO

For the time we share, remember it all
For the time that’s there, help it stall
For the love gone on, bless the nest
For the hope that leaves, forget the rest

When it’s time to go, love can grow
When it’s hearts that stay, remind them, nay
It’s hour--darkest, flower--smartest
Remission, forgiveness, destruction, repeat

Slap your sons once, fight daughters well
Kill your idols, kill your gods
Ask them all about the odds
Pretend it’s fine, maybe sublime

Trust in nothing until it breaks
Fight the sun until moon’s end
Renegotiate all woes
Pretend pretend only knows