We Poem by Nassy Fesharaki

We

For long they
-the four words
-Two in sound
-have laid on my desk
-with, both anger and smile

They seem to
-ask, plea and demand:
-"You must write…"
-I hear what they say
-tell them why hesitate
-"It is hard…"
-they show way:
-"Use archive…"

To them but is no but
-excuses have died

The four words
-English and Russian
-divided half and half
-act as does a mirror to a fact
-"Their fight is very old! "

"Мы" sounds "Me"
"Вы" sounds "We"
-both oppose in meaning
-One's me is other's we
-this is how they have lived
-West and East…

In time of Elizabeth
-century is sixteenth
-England, the Satan
-looks for Eve
-and serpent
-exporting trouble
-enlisted are agents
-Check-lists are prepared
-"Act as did Abraham…
-lie and use your sisters
-cheat the hosts, pretend
-ensure to take step
-and enter…
-stir their interests
-find the source of hunger
-and at end create Israel…
-but name it: ‘Britain'"

Two were sent to Russia
-the Tsar Terrible, was Ivan,
-crazy and cruel in a way…
-yet lover of Russia and smart
-slogan was simple: "Must unite."

"Welcome the two merchants,
-let them go on their own,
-let them do what they do,
-let them talk and preach
-but record everything…
-then report…" He ordered

For the two Moscow turned into hell
-end of their freedom
-the two were aborted, arrested
-encountered the anger, deported
-with the words their ears were pierced:
-"Stop your dirty games! "

Satan can only be the Satan
-if he is what it is made to be
-so went round, scattered
-words…right…wrong
-similar to the Old Testament
-end result concludes only one:
-"Righteous is Israel! ! ! "

Difference of Kreml and London
-can be found
-in four words
-similar in the sound
-yet opposed
-One's "Me" is other's "We"
-that is all!