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deaf, dumb & blind...
are we now to become
no more than yesterday's phantasms?
specters drifting across a barren landscape
too foolish to pay any heed to the errors of our fathers
or the fallout from every previous foul deed
those men who valiantly fought or tragically fell
directed by a madman's selfish hand
where they were gathered
& ruthlessly enslaved
countless numbers completely erased
living now only the nightmares of a few surviving souls
mourning their unforgotten existence
where memories lie buried in unmarked mass graves
or unfathomably gone up in rancid smoke
as ovens of terror continually blazed
for the madness rabidly spreading
a deadly infection growing in eager weak minds
the hatred so casual
deeming so many unworthy
based on no more than color, heritage or creed
taking lives & treasures with equal greed
have our eyes grown so dim they cannot see backward
to the horror our past has been
& learn from our history?
{or are we too busy trying to erase it}
must we make the same horrendous mistakes
giving power to senseless cruelty
setting in motion the very same train
am I the only one truly afraid?
have we not even noticed?
events taking place today
are different
& yet
too much the same
have we not yet understood?
hope cannot be found in hateful hearts
& futures die
when hope gives way
the world...hurts...
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