As we learn about the past,
When we read up on history,
We realize lessons learned don’t last
And why becomes a mystery.
Conflicts in the Middle East
Will stay forever heated.
Years of famine and of feast
Are doomed to be repeated.
Prejudice and hatred lead
To battles, war and death;
Enemies and friends both bleed
And sigh at their last breath.
We build memorials to those
Who sacrificed their lives,
And lay a stone, a wreath or rose
For husbands, sons or wives.
If only people could foresee
The future’s thorny path,
Perhaps they’d learn to disagree
Without revenge or wrath.
The world would be a better place,
Quite close to paradise,
If our mistakes we would embrace
And never make them twice.
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I hope you are planning to publish these at the end of the year!
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