JanPoWriMo 17

The false hope 
Was always that
Some of us

Made it through
Another earlier era
Proving it was

Possible to survive
Yet it was
Not a certainty

Now that some
Of us have
Reached this day

Though still not
Quite there yet
All we can

Think about is
Those of us
Who did not

Make it through
And where they
Would be if