Read History

as if you were the perpetrator

and you will find,

how carelessness and apathy

add up into atrocity

 

Listen to History

as if the stories were your own

and you will find

even the best of us have things to learn,

trials to push through, and opportunities unearned

 

Know History

as if it was the back of your own hand

and you will find

raw humanity, and all of our cycles

dragging our next generation down with us

perpetual destruction;

all in the name of finding

perpetual bliss

 

The unbridled power of the individual

The beauty in community

Our only hope

 

The cycles of violence and anger

Begging to be fulfilled,

Demanding retribution.

Our one, true adversary

 

The story of humanity, feeding the beast it so despises

Our story.

Our History.