"Once"

Once upon a time,
In a land close behind.
There lived small hope;
Difficult to find.

It grew across seas,
To witness the faces,
To breathe it all in,
Before all hope erases.

There's so much more dark,
Now that there's light.
We gave up altogether;
Loosing the great fight.

Once upon a time,
There was hope to send.
Where did it all go?
You decide. The end.