The Ones Who Stayed in Omelas

The knees that knelt
Sacrificing for the greater good
Of the people
Of all
Of everything

Sacrificing their own true happiness
With the thought of the one in misery
Knowing they're there and blocking from their memory the gruesome reality

Except the reality is that they face it
And stay present
And let it not be in vain
So they stay in Omelas
And enjoy the nice things
But at night their dreams haunt them

Nobody really sleeps well here
On occasion we forget
Get a few nights of rest
But it always comes back
And nobody sleeps well here
Really

Read this: http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/dunnweb/rprnts.omelas.pdf