Let the memorial hill remember instead of me, <br />that's what it's here for. Let the par in-memory-of remember, <br />let the street that's-named-for remember, <br />let the well-known building remember, <br />let the synagogue that's named after God remember <br />let the rolling Torah scroll remember, let the prayer <br />for the memory of the dead remember. Let the flags remember <br />those multicolored shrouds of history: the bodies they wrapped <br />have long since turned to dust. Let the dust remember. <br />Let the dung remember at the gate. Let the afterbirth remember. <br />Let the beasts of the field and birds of the heavens eat and remember. <br />Let all of them remember so that I can rest.<br /><br />Yehuda Amichai<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/let-the-memorial-hill-remember/
