In Return

Hard fought freedom
Struggles beyond your imagination
Pain now showcased in museums
Real people fought for you
Had foresight to save generations after themselves
Spoke prolific words
Performed heroic actions
Ordinary people
Turned iconic
For you all to emulate and surpass
But in return
You repay them by being so much less
Offspring of the fittest survivors of slavery
Now not even a shell of the past
Do you know what you could and should be
Stop blaming
Aim for the stars
Attempt to succeed
Your failure to act
Hurts my soul
Please act
Move
For you and generations upcoming