To Forget Is To Lose

away from the river

there I was

a part of my identity missing

feeling blank and lost

away from the forest

away from my home

away from all that was familiar

it was hard to not feel alone

a way to forget

to take away our pride

and thus destroying us

our basic rights denied

forever to have

this unhealable wound

unable to forget

the past that has me consumed

forgive and forget

always hand in hand

while one brings closure

the other leads people to misunderstand

to reconcile with the past

is to acknowledge our Nations

and to forgive but not forget

the ever existing hurt present in our generations