As Once I Was

There they will be
As once I was
As once
I was?

On the rotten longing
And the wronging long forgotten
On the dross

Hope that want that wants wants
Loss
As once I was

And as they do
And as they mean to do
And as I was once won't to, too

What one wants and
What one once was wanting
And what wanting was

On the rotten longing
On the wronging long forgotten
What wanting was

Garrot the lot

Not forgot, but lost
The loss?
The lot

What once I would have had to have got

Once
Which was
While the while
One day
Will be
Once

What?

A swan's eye
A song's cry
A solemn sigh
As once I
Was