Where and When

Is this happening for the first time,

Or happening again?

Do you remember,

Where or when?

New and old wars.

New and old pandemics.

Have we lived this before?

Where or when?

Have we met before,

And laughed before?

Have we built our dreams

Or lost the war?

Do you remember,

Where or when?

Maybe in another life,

Long ago or across the way.

We sadly fell and failed,

Or maybe saved the day.

Have we lived this before?

Where or when?

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What if we remembered?

Stopped the cycle: rise and fall.

What if we saw through

The illusion of it all?

What is it we desire?

What world can we make?

Who will embrace this challenge,

To conceive the new landscape?

I’m ready.  I’m willing.

Will you take my hand?

We decide: become the tide

Defining where and when.