Our Past.

History will only be kind to those who wrote it,
It's actors reduced to forgotten souls,
To be remembered by none but themselves and us,
The similarly forgotten.

Their heroics shelved in the confines of a village tale,
For grandmothers to hum to the little ones as the evening wears down,
For warriors to relive as they prepare to defend their homes, country,
For fathers to prepare their young boys for manhood.

This will be our history,
It will not be in books,
It will not be on the tongues of revered individuals,
It shall not be spoken in foreign tongues,
The rich and famous will not remember your tremendous efforts and deeds of this life or another,
Indeed our history will not be televised.

It shall forever be etched in the memories and hearts of all we touch in our lifetimes,
From the littlest of deeds to monolithic feats.

Our history.