We can’t choose our history
we live with the consequences
of what was done back then
by people we never knew
by people whose stories make us nervous
because what they did
show us what we might do
some of them honored the laws of God
and some of them shook their fists
at everything good
the destroyer hunts us all
working through our secret desire
will we listen to the darker whisper
or will we take the road that is narrower
we can condemn what they did back then
but every day we face the temptation to do the same thing
we enjoy judging
we can laugh at the fools of the past
but one hundred years from today
what will people think of what we are doing now
to the world we are preparing to pass on
to the next generation
will we be in the realm of angels
will our work have crumbled
eaten away by the sin
we boasted that we would never allow in
that we would never be like the fools back then
the spotlights glow
and our stage is ready
well worn by the feet of actors
who have come and gone
what will we do
during our time to perform
Kelvin Bueckert 