Unwritten, Not Forgotten

Stop reading — it doesn’t invalidate the story.
Stop writing — it still won’t delete your biography.
Burn the storybook — it doesn’t cancel history.
Erase the names — but memory still holds them.
Silence the drums — the rhythm beats in our bones.
Bury the language — the earth still speaks it in dreams.
Mock the old ways — but they whisper in your conscience.
Tear down the shrine — but the spirit walks unshaken.
Break the pot — the scent of soup still lingers in the air.
Change the costume — but the skin remembers the dance.
Ignore the proverb — life still proves it true.
Laugh at the elders — but time will age you too.
Forget the village — but the path leads you home.
Ban the stories — yet truth hides in riddles still told.