Stories from history

stories from history

everyone was ready 

for a new situation

a spontaneous feeling 

lit up the room

carrying the weight

for several generations 

nobody noticed it drop

until it went boom 

there were no commentators, 

spectators, speculators,

conspiracists;

everyone was a participant

we all got the lift 

took that risk

and the whole of the 

us was better for it 

stepping into that arena 

with hopes on our tongues

some things can only be 

swallowed temporarily 

we took that circle and pulled it

into four dimensions

until it covered our future

As far as we could see

we could laugh about it later

how scared we were to move

As if we had a choice

who was kidding who

we had found our voices

how sweet was the song

hidden in histories

stolen in books