Memories of the past

Forgive, dear History, for thousand pages written, yet no story ever told Forgive, faded memories of the past, once sworn would never be forgotten Apologies to names, reduced to mere numbers to lives turned into dust, like Sodom and Gomorrah And apologies to you, darkness, once misjudged as the enemy - when only you were what is truly left of a flickering light; now extinguished Speak condolence - to words left unspoken, to silent cries swimming in ignored emotions, Even silenced screams drowned beneath the cold ocean, Remember, remembrance, in the silence of what remains lies the echo of all what could have been saved