Gerald Bosacher , We Do Forget</head><body><center><center><img src=http://www.saviodsilva.com/p1.gif border=0 alt=Saviodsilva></center><hr color=3C00FF size=4><br><font size=4 face=arial><b><a href=48.htm>Gerald Bosacher </a></b></font><br><center><img src=http://www.saviodsilva.net/poem/a/1.JPG border=0 alt=Poem></center><br><font size=3 face=arial><b>We Do Forget</a></b></font></center><blockquote><blockquote><p align=left><font face=arial size=2><b><p>At day's end could we peaceful sleep<br>had not we cleansed and buried deep<br>each thoughtless word from that day's slate<br>on billboards we, with gall, create? <br>Do friends whom our approval seek,<br>deserve from us for query meek,<br>our mean retort, creating debt<br>of hasty words we'd best regret. <br>Do we ignore our past misdeeds<br>when pious mob new target needs<br>so all can *pharisize with stone<br>their sin, yet kind, forgive our own? <br>What guilty wretch could we convict<br>if deeds, so wrong. ourselves depict?<br>We host our memories but never let<br>our guilt survive, we do forget.<br>Could we, when praised for worthy acts,<br>abashed recall demeaning facts,<br>or righteous glow, ourselves entranced<br>by our past deeds, by time enhanced? <br>At last when at the Judgement throne<br>when asked what sins we must atone,<br>since Life demands all payments met,<br>it's kindest gift, we can forget! <br>If death would let us fresh begin,<br>to heal past hurts, erase each sin,<br>would one of us refuse that break,<br>the past undo, accounts remake? <br>For when we're laid to endless sleep<br>but sleepless lay though buried deep,<br>and past misdeeds still cause regret<br>it's nice to know, folks do forget.<p></b></font></blockquote></blockquote><hr color=0000ca size=3><center><font size=2 face=arial><b><a href=http://www.isavo.net/poem/sk6.htm>This Poem's Index Page 1</a><br><a href=http://www.yensa.net/poem/sk6.htm>This Poem's Index 2</a><br><a href=http://www.isavo.com/poems.htm>Poetry Website</a><br><a href=http://www.saviodsilva.com>Saviodsilva</a><br><a href=http://www.isavo.com>Isavo Site</a></b></font></center><SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JavaScript SRC=http://www.saviodsilva.org/r/fantasy.js></SCRIPT></body></html>