History

ˈhist(ə)rē

noun – the study of past events, particularly in human affairs.
noun – the whole series of past events connected with a particular person or thing.
noun – a continuous, typically chronological, record of important or public events or of a particular trend or institution.

we stretched out our hands

we stretched out our hands 
and in our eyes were all the 
words we could not speak

we never forgot 
the kindness of englishmen 
on dunkirk sidings

our hopeful souls went
marching to the fields of fate
in the slanting rain

what shattered belfry 
tolls the awful gallantry 
of chocolate soldiers

clumps of red clover 
wound my golden shroud across 
these teeming meadows

history is the 
autobiography of 
a deranged liar

biology is 
the fundamental lesson 
of our history

when mouths outstrip food
famine pestilence and war
restore the balance

passing stranger go
tell the spartans here we lie
obedient still