we are the forgotten
the people no one will remember
the ones people will forget
not exceptional just ordinary
we are the majority
we will be remembered as a whole
not pieces of the bigger picture
we leave nothing behind
no legacy
we didn't change the world
or make history
people don't look up to us
or know our names
but did the remembered
ever think it was better that way
those who are remembered
aren't people but rather a picture
drawn and painted
by what they did
or for some
what they didn't
what they were
what they weren't
how they changed the world
for better or for worst
people are remembered
in black or white
rarely in shades of gray
I am happy
to be forgotten
for I will not
do what it takes
to be remembered
I won't take the risk
or being remembered
for what I wasn't
for if, that is how
I am remembered
was I really ever
how I am
I know that just because
I am forgotten
doesn't mean
I wasn't here
who cares
if I'm forgotten
when I'm gone
because if someone
was around to care
I would be remembered
©alicecho
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