History

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Let us not forget
the errors of yore when
we knew not better
and had faults aplenty,
Let us not forget
the tales of yesteryear writ
when we lived and learned,
Let us not forget
wars bygone when men
and women fought and lost
and won and died.

Words live when people die
standing stoicly by,
as the issue of its writer
continues to wage new wars
when the old ones are still
not cold. Stop!

Look into
the closest pages and see,
every thing you are about to do,
someone already did,
every lesson you set out to learn,
someone already learned,
and every fight you are going to fight,
someone already won and someone
else already lost.

©️ Aakanksha Monga 2020