Memorandum
I think we f o r g e t.
We forget to face the reality of living
Because we don't want to remember that there is death,
destruction
starvation
fear
hatred
intolerance.
I think we forget to remember
that with everything that is forgotten
it is not solved.
We hinder the development for an answer,
Wash away the chance for reconciliation.
I think we forget
that there are things that should not be forgotten.
Emotions which must be preserved,
names who cry to be captured,
and atrocities that must not prevail.
I think we forgot…
what should not be forgotten…
and remember that which refuses to break
along with this broken perception.
We distract our eyes from the reality of everything
because we don't want to remember
the lives who continue to suffer,
only to be forgotten.
And they will be left, we will be left,
Everyone will finally be left,
with a world
that only r e m e m b e r s
how to forget.