Never Forget

 I AM REMEMBRANCE

 

i am

blue and white striped

with a yellow star and a tattoo

of death

i

shower in fire

with my brothers hand in mine

he knows of no jew or catholic

muslim or christian

he knows only

that he wants to live

and i

i cannot comprehend

i cannot understand

i cannot forget what i have never known

i shovel the ashes of the death

with the "why" tearing at me

with the "why" burning me

with the "why" tattooed in the fire

of my

mind

and what have they known

but pain and suffering?

what have they become

but hunted and afraid

what will be left

but ashes and debris

if

they

forget

i wear the blue and white stripes of persecution

i shovel the ashes of the dead

i carry the tomorrows

that were burned

the hopes

that were shot

the dreams

that will never be

and i am a prisoner to what i have never known to the gate of that eternal night

born to chains, born to suffer

born to 1000's of years

of containment

exclusion

restriction

haunted by the agony

of the dead

and

the guilt

of the living

i am

remembrance

forsake me not

for it is the doom of man

that he forgets

(c) 1993 Eric Sander Kingston