Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026

Lest You Forget

"...when the worlds collided, waging war on innocence...."

Lest You Forget

You use all your hoarded willpower
to defy the urge to forget, that
last morning of your nonage,
when the worlds collided,
waging war on innocence.
You lose a piece of you that day,
to Hate, to the insane minds
devouring everything in their wake.
You lose innocence that day,
one thing you can never salvage.
You contest the impulse to blank it all out,
putting Pain behind,
storing it in the furthest corner of your mind,
together with Refugee,
alongside Displaced and Nameless.
‘So tranquil’, you tell your inner self,
devoid of senses.

………………………………………………………..The End.

But is it really…







Article © Andrea Damic. All rights reserved.
Published in the May 29, 2023 issue .
Image(s) are public domain.
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