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    Monument of Pride

    A poetic reflection on how stories of past glory are passed down, while younger generations quietly carry the burdens and consequences left behind.

    By: Akoragye Edgar

    05 Feb, 2026

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    Yeah, such a nice tale
    It is to tell—
    The wombs that have borne many
    Being yet unborn;

    There it was, erected: a “Monument of Pride,”
    Raised in the oldies’ youth,
    So they like to tell the tale—
    Often to unwilling young ears
    That count it a spell of the “Monument-”
    Of the “War,” the “Peace-” to keep behind His back, loosing, and,
    Still, growing bitterness for their posterity.


    To the Warring and the Peace, bravo! But the tension within hits as bullets; we cannot march along to protect nothing—
    It is only worthwhile for Him and those of His.
    They have amassed plenty over their decades
    And crashed the glory of our century—
    A thing the oldies cannot see.

    So they remain behind His back,
    And continue telling their tale
    To their often worried posterity in a "peaceful country."

     

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