An ode to the forgotten

 

We have forgotten

We have forgotten our names

Our freedom, our sin

All our aches screaming within

 

We failed not to verdict

We failed to communicate

And we failed to breathe

Skin, we can’t see beneath

 

And we stopped hiding

We stopped finding

The last humane disease

All for comfort and ease

 

We have forgotten

Our lives and our death

Grief upon lost life

Grief for lack of our death

 

Alas, lords of holly grounds

We have brought shame

Hid behind your names

As we silenced our sounds

 

We have forgotten

And thousand times we have died

For thousand eyes had cried

And we have forgotten

 

I release you souls of martyrs

Who died to dignify a name

I release you of our shame

For your names are held by murderers

 

And I grief you once more

At the silence of war

And our disgraceful death

We turn your soil to filth

 

And we hid behind a button

Claimed to be brave

Awaken in our grave

Yet, we have forgotten.

Author's Note

Reviews are welcomed.

Reviews

[Divinity Sleeps in This]

Mo, dear conscience of a new generation of a part of the world I know nothing about, I bow to you.

[Namaa Hammond]

100% truth!!!!

[Butterfly]

It seems very well played, you have talent, be gratefull of that, proceed on with your aspirations in life, I had noticed as you were revising this poem you've put a little of youself into it, your opinion, you made yourself one with your poem. congratulations

[Samantha ~virginpoet]

wow just wow this was amazing you've made me speechless

[Samantha ~virginpoet]

wow just wow this was amazing you've made me speechless

[Coyote Poetry]

Many had died and we have not gone far in the way of peace and kindness. The great dream of peace after WW2 disappeared very quickly. In a world with real problems of hunger and sickness. Men look to oil and profit only. I wonder will their great wealth make them happy when the Earth had nothing left to give. Thank you for your poetry. Open the door to thoughts. The goal of a writer. Thank you for the excellent poem.
Coyote

[izdehar ali]

that was a well-written poem, i admire your artistic vision.

[olla]

well done..

[RainQueen]

Powerful poem - Starkly written, almost austere. Fitting for an admonishment of those who have forgotten the most important parts of being human, and of our responsibility toward our fellow man.

[Lily Mae]

It's amazing that anyone could ever forget isn't it? Thank you for a great write..xx