And then there were none...

One by one
They filtered out
Duty called, Time pressed, and Life retreat'd
One by one they left
And then there was one

He smiled
For in leaving
They left loneliness behind and its touch
Was friendlier, he felt
It carried no lie, no spite

Wings unfurled
Time flew past, and he
His dear friend spent their nights together
Till higher company called
But yet then there was one.

Loneliness
Sighed, stood, his black
Cape billowed in the wind now, yet he
Walked on uncaring, unyeilding
And then there were none