bodies fall into graves in numbers

but they are not

numbers

but humans . . . lest we forget 

those, who felt, who loved

who dreamed, who dared

who died

who live on . . lest we forget 

it is my brother

your mother

his son and her lover

it is each and every one of us

for we all are one . . . lest we forget 

though the cold will come soon enough

would that i could

light a candle for all who must walk this pass

it would light the seas

and heal our souls on waves of warmth

that we may never turn our backs again

that we would never again forget

i, i will never forget