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AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS & WRITERS FOR PEACE
War memorial I by Rachel Robbins

[Above] Photo of Rachel Robbins by Michael Robbins, 2002.

Rachel Robbins

War memorial I

I don't want to
remember that you died
for us.
I didn't ask you to.

I don't want to
remember your suffering,
so far
away from here and now.

I don't want you
to be great
because you were
killed horribly,
and needlessly.

But I don't want us
to forget
what happens
when the world goes mad.

I want to
remember we are
all people
and never turn against
each other
in such a disastrous way
again.

About the Poet Rachel Robbins

Rachel Robbins was born in Canberra, Australia and still lives there. She sometimes feels she is not old enough to have done anything exciting, although this is not in fact true. She has always loved words. Rachel started writing poems several years ago (having, as her grandmother describes it, a compulsion to write), but has only recently been trying to get them into public view. She recently participated in the Red Room Project and has had a poem accepted by The Dawn. When not pursuing her slightly secret life as a poet, Rachel is mostly working on a PhD in cognitive psychology. She also ice-skates.
   [Above] Photo of Rachel Robbins by Michael Robbins, 2002.

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