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.
annarino writes 