My first blog entry lol

Haiaiaiaiaiaaiaiaaiaiaiaiaiaaiaiaiaiaa ppl I wrote this poem a couple weeks ago pls tell me what ur interpretation is :p Its my first blog btw!! Idrk how to use this platform lolll

ON FORGETTING 

I cannot forget

The screams of my brother below deck 

The shackles that bind him to this hell —

A never-ending sound of the ringing bell

And the scrunch of his nose 

On the weight that he carried alone

I cannot forget

My sister’s protest

As he was torn from her arms 

For a debt not her own

A slash was her reward

That hoped to quicken her silence

Yet in return

A scream louder than the last

I cannot forget

The promises that left 

Hearts shattered beyond repair —

To people unknown,

To the land they did not own

Yet named

For the tongue was too hard to speak,

too insignificant to learn.

Homes they purged

In search of gold and revenge for a war they began

In the name of a ‘god’

Who had a story and a name,

Who was never theirs to claim

I refuse to forget

The names of our innocent children

Oblivious to the blood beneath their feet.

Forced to see the devil in human flesh

All alone,

As punishment for the color they did not choose

I refuse to forget 

The pages in history torn and silenced

The limbs and organs and lives stolen

Burned and buried to smother the truth

In the name of a ‘god’

Whose name has caused more harm than good

I will not forget

The names of heroes and heroines 

Whose faith

helped them trek in the shadows

In the lair of the devil.

Fearless and determined

With only the guidance of the Star of Bethlehem

In search of a freedom they could only whisper

I will not forget

The stories underneath my skin

Both told and yet to be discovered

In hopes of a better future

For those who are yet to learn.