here it stands
everyone knows
sees it everyday
all over the world
it stands tall
it's stance is wide
the biggest
the best reminder
created for one
reason only
a singular monument
to a just cause
no one can forget this
they see it with sleeping eyes
open your eyes
the first thing you see
it has stood forever
the oldest persons
first memory
mentioned in every book
ever written
the presence of it
polluting your every
thought
no one ever imagined
it would be forgotten
not for what it is
not for not being
because no one
remembers what
it was built for.