History is funny

History is funny 

Funny meaning difficult to explain or understand 

Funny being curious strange peculiar odd 

Not funny ha-ha

This definition apparently originating in the 1800s American South 

Where difficult to explain most certainly overwhelmed ha-ha,

By today’s history at least. 

History is written by the victors

The victors being Machiavelli, Napoleon, Churchill

All attributed to this quote

But history isn’t sure who spoke it or wrote it really 

I don’t feel like a victor yet 

What have I defeated besides death today, yesterday,

Tomorrow?

I write this as a participant in history

A recent witness of events irregular, contentious 

Difficult to explain 

Why we must keep stoking fires

To scorch a path for peace

History meaning violence,

By today’s history at least. 

I don’t feel like a participant

Or a student, or a product, or a pawn, 

I did feel that day as an insider

Though not a person who’d with certainty won

Written by the victors in a thousand lost languages

That probably sound pretty funny,

By today’s history at least.