Those we remember throughout the generations

a short poem (short is good!)

Those we remember

throughout the generations

either killed

untold numbers of souls,

or to the contrary,

touched and healed

untold numbers of souls.

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Those of us struggling

to accept our daily good

and reject ever-available evil

can comfort ourselves

that we may not be

remembered

but we also are not

pillaging, philandering,

megalomaniac absurdities.

Would that we long

for the opposite life,

one that grows as it dies.