Celebrate

Let's all celebrate!
Light up the barbie.... crack a tinnie!
It's a night to forget the day's problems
and the problems of the year....
Maybe I might even forget my fear!

.....  wait.... what did I just say?
Forget my fear?  What am I thinking of?
I have no fear! No fear at all....

Fear that I might remember the people
who have died so that I can celebrate.
The people who've been shot....
.... who've been raped and tortured
so that I can celebrate.... 

The families torn apart....
.... children stolen from their parents

.... Yes! Let's forget about all that stuff.
It all happened a long time ago....
It's nothing to do with me.... So let's celebrate!
I don't want to remember.....
.... that the beautiful land that I call my own
was stolen at gunpoint....

I don't want to remember. 

© Ian Croft January 2019