Forgive Not Forget Poem by Nassy Fesharaki

Forgive not forget

I told him:
"Life is short, let's live it,
Hell with rest! "

"You ask me…
I swear…I try…"

Told me my good friend;
A Black who is lost:
"What is my background but from Africa? "

He gave me that reply and murmured:
"Who am I? How did I end here?
There are days and are nights…"

To go on he couldn't
But he meant:
"I feel noose round my neck;
Can't breathe, cannot rest! "

He feels whips and feels chains!
He dreams of rowing on waters!
"Can't stand…it is short…"

He cries and tears rolling down
I see them:
"And still you ask me to forget?
Forgive yes, forget can't! "