Answers

Did you suffer? was the question.

Oh, the depth of the answers.

Oh, the pain of syllables.

Oh, the gasp of remembrance.

Did you suffer? was the question.

Don’t you know I am human?

Don’t you know I am one of you?

Don’t you know of remembrance?

Did you suffer? was the question.

Hear the shuffle of men’s feet.

Hear the falling of women’s tears.

Hear the cry of remembrance.

Did you suffer? was the question.

I have died upon war’s cross.

I have died with every breath.

I have died of remembrance.

Did you suffer? was the question.

Have I not memory?

Have I not souvenirs?

Have I not remembrance?