Resilience Amidst Tarnished Valor

Title: Resilience Amidst Tarnished Valor

Through time’s unwavering passage, we stand
Where history’s chapters etched on every stone
A monument that divides, yet holds command
A confederate memorial, now seek to disown.

Silent sentinels, memories carved in stone
Painful echoes of a nation fragmented by strife
Whispers of battles fought, lives forever flown
Amidst this divisive emblem, we search for life.

With every stroke of chisel, past emerges
Lessons of hatred, scars from a wounded past
Can we judge the present, untangle the surges
Of emotions held within, that forever last?

Preserving relics or burying shameful past,
The weight of a nation’s choice rests heavy
Shall we honor valor, ideals that shouldn’t last?
Or consign them to oblivion, where shadows levy.

Yet, court halts the removal, debate takes flight
Rekindling discussions, truth’s torch held high
Can we find understanding, in this glaring light,
To build bridges of empathy, across history’s sigh?

In this eternal dance of progress and tradition,
May we choose to learn, and not forget
For it’s in our hands to shape a new rendition
Where honor blends with unity, and grace begets.