The Forgotten

Hear the voices of the forgotten

As they claw at your feet

You can walk past them

You can ignore them

You have the power

Hear the cries of their children

As hunger pierces their bellies

As tears fall from their eyes

You can walk past them

You can ignore them

You have the power

Hear the shouts of the youth

As men in black and blue murder them

They fought because you wouldn’t

And they payed for it

You can walk past them

You can ignore them

You have the power

Hear the whispers of the ghosts

Of those who were not saved

Count every rib

On their starved body

Every cut

On their bleeding body

You walked past them

You ignored them

You had the power

And their hearts have stopped

Their eyes are cold, and dead

Because nobody stopped for them
Nobody will remember them

They are all the forgotten

Everyone ignored them

Or scorned them
Scorned their fellow human

Who once had blood running through their veins

Who once laughed, and smiled, and cried

Who once jumped onto tabletops

And fought for freedom

Or huddled into corner with their family

To try and stay warm

They are not the concerns of the common man

But they must be

Join their fight

Join their ranks, as a friend, a comrade

And resign yourself to their fates

If you perish

If blood flows down your broken body

If you choke, and cough for air

Finding none

At least

You will

Have fought