Remember? - Will Hornyak

[Larry Robinson]

Remember?

Remember that day
when the war ended
and you climbed
from your trenches
and we oozed
from our bunkers
leaving
grenades, guns
bullets and bayonets
behind?
Remember how we
all sang in the streets
danced in the fountains
crazy with joy?
Remember how
clouds lifted
hearts rose
hatred, vengeance
bitterness and rage
fell away like
grave clothes?
Remember how
we stood
tall and happy
in the morning
light
eyeing the world
and one another
with new eyes?
Remember how
in that ecstasy
we forgot
if ours was
a red state
or blue
liberal cause or
conservative stand?
Remember
how easily
we remembered
who we were
from whence we had come
where we were going
why we were here
and what we should do?
I will never forget
that day
when the war ended
and trust sprouted
and spread like
a green
sea of grass
across every divide
over every division
uniting all
into one state
of grace
indivisible
at peace
under heaven.

	- Will Hornyak