[ .if.there.were.no.histories.. ]

[ .if.there.were.no.histories.. ]

would we strip the past
to make way for the future
or would we repeat the past
in desolate need to destroy our futures
would the sacrifice and suffering
of so many, of all, have been for naught
or would we rise past our differences
and move only forward
would our nature draw us back
looking for the histories we once held
does only the past define us now
can we not become something more
without looking back over our shoulders
would we still be as beautiful and grand now
if there were no histories.


© Bryan McLean June 6, 2010
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