What Will History Say? Poem by James Ogunjimi

If like the men who lived in the early days,
Our words and actions are being recorded.
If like them, our lives would one day be read by generations yet unborn.
If like the men of old, our life's work will before the world be laid bare,
O what will history say about us?
And what will be posterity's judgement?

If like the men who once trod this path that we now tread,
Our actions are weighed and revisited.
If like those who laid the foundations on which we now build,
Generations yet unborn search to find what legacy we left.
O what will history say about us?
And what will be posterity's judgement?

If like the greatest defenders of the defenceless,
Side by side, our actions and courage are weighed.
If like those who lived their lives in service of humanity,
Our choices are re-examined,
O what will history say about us?
And what will be posterity's judgement?

When history remembers,
And posterity is set to judge,
When light is shone of our actions and decisions,
What will history say about us?
And what will be posterity's judgement?