Learning is Liberty

“That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.” - Aldous Huxley 

Cut them down for they are free

as the good Lord said they 

should be.

And they won't hang by their 

throats for being their colour

or seeking a free life.

The flag of liberty is said to fly

but why did it take so long to 

see?

Man is barbaric.

And we can't just blame our ancestors

because we have 

the same blood,

the same heart,

the same name.

For the blood that has spilled was watched

through their eyes

and now they prophesize, 

that the day will come 

of the end.

All I can is man is to blame.

History is to be learned from,

not repeated,

and I don't mean to start an argument that's heated...

But how many have to die? 

How many have to bleed then left to hang and dry

for the vultures of man to

digest?

How can we gallop around and say

we are the best...

when we failed the largest test?

The test of time and opening our eyes

to the gruesome past of our

ancestors lives?

And now we say we're all free

but I see no liberty

in this cruel and vile world

we have to call Earth.

And if you ignore the history of the many who died

then when will you ever see?

That until man learns from history

we will never be free

from the violence, injustice and

the chains of ignorance.