We make a circle of memories
We pass away
What we have been given
Telling times of times gone by
What have we given?
Words of history
Have formed words of today
We will pass these words
To those who carry
To those who are carried
I’m sorry
For who my memories reach
I haven’t polished them
As my ancestors did
Yet I hope
You don’t begin to believe
That my unpolished piece
Of this moment we share
Is not one of thought
As I sit in our circle of memories
I watch the world give and take
What has been given
And what will be taken
For granted I grant myself
The honor to hear
Stories of those who need
To share more
To listen more
This is what will benefit
Us instead of deficit
To reconnect and reconvene
Our circle of memories
Jan 25, 2021
Jan 25, 2021 at 9:47 PM UTC
We make a circle of memories
We pass away
What we have been given
Telling times of times gone by
What have we given?
Words of history
Have formed words of today
We will pass these words
To those who carry
To those who are carried
I’m sorry
For who my memories reach
I haven’t polished them
As my ancestors did
Yet I hope
You don’t begin to believe
That my unpolished piece
Of this moment we share
Is not one of thought
As I sit in our circle of memories
I watch the world give and take
What has been given
And what will be taken
For granted I grant myself
The honor to hear
Stories of those who need
To share more
To listen more
This is what will benefit
Us instead of deficit
To reconnect and reconvene
Our circle of memories
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