Because History Prepares Those Wise Enough to Remember

Sat, 03/10/2018 - 23:25 -- emonnin

Its enthralling to remember something forgotten

to learn of something no one wanted to remember

because that's how it starts right?

People decide their thing is not important

or that it is something too dangerous to know

and so declare it unknown.

 

But what if it's a castle?

What if because it sombolized too much power

it was resented by those below and ignored until it was

rejected into oblivion?

Then it becomes not a castle but a prison.

It's walls hold back the stories, the secret criminals who

dare to refuse extinction.

 

But the moss, the moss grows and thrives

not everything dies when neglected.

But quick, can we discover the ruins before they experience 

primary succession?

Must we rediscover all that is forgotten?

Can we not save the victims,

those guiltless prisnors before their stories become

secrets locked behind bars?

 

We cannot destroy what is forgotten.

We cannot justify the massacre of stories,

of past lives 

whose tribute is sung by birds,

graves tended by moss,

and coffins built of roots.

Although the stone looks cold 

their lives were bright and blazing

and important.

 

We cannot let our egos drive away their knowledge.

We cannot let our disgust blind us to their truths.

We cannot let our anger deafen their lessons.

We cannot ignore them.

 

Its enthralling to remember something forgotten

to learn of something no one wanted to remember

because usually, it widens our perspective

alters our worldview,

strengthens our sense of morality, 

increases our intelligence,

and prepares us for the future.

This poem is about: 
Our world

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