Remember?

Remember when she called out
wondering if life was over? 
Remember when the light in front of him 
injested him, layer by layer? 
Remember when their passion was strong enough to die for someone's safety? 

Remember when they acted beyond reason 
only led by words of men
by vanity and power blinded? 

Remember when the smoke filled lungs with cancer 
and soul with consciousness?

Remember when, for one small moment, 
even God 
was struck by lightening
by men calling on their holiness? 

Remember when minutes turned hours 
and one land rejected all its truth? 

Remember when the doors went shut 
and the whole world was trapped in one evil soul? 

Remember when the time had come 
to remember to turn off the flickering?
and do! 
just do!

Will you remember, once in a while? 
Without a date reminding you?
without a book cover, a Tv show? 
Will you remember the suffering? 
To honor them, to remember what it is to be human? 

Will you remember to live your life in peace on their behalf?