History

History is not a resume

Listing only accomplishments.

History is a review of conscience

Considering how to avoid mistakes

Past made; a future planned.

History done right breaks hearts

Imparts hard truths

Demands change.

History is our only hope

For a better future

For real pride in holding accountable

Who we were and what we have done

History allows new beginnings

On different paths

To greater success

Than we can imagine.

Without history we lack the power

To get off the merry-go-round

Which circles back in endless

Rounds going nowhere.

Teach me history.

Tell me the truth.

Show me the honest

Thus only safe

Way forward.

The lies make me dizzy.

I trip on the lies.

I fall behind.

I get angry and fearful

Because I cannot keep up

With the resume stating only part

Of who and what I am.

Another part of me is missing

And I cannot feel whole.

Lies break me apart.

I need a history that demands

A way to balance so I can

Stand for something

Something truly grand

A person accountable

Is a person of account.

Teach me full history. Good and bad.

Let me become that man.