Forget Me Not Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

You and I bathed in the same pool.
There were many flashes and splashes.
I remember and you may have forgot.

Hide and seek that we have played many.
There were delights: no matter who won.
I remember and you may have forgot.

Heaven or Hell, both had been the same
When you lay on my arms, facing me
I remember and you may have forgot.

You were later shown a rosy branch
To perch on and you did it at a stretch.
I remember and you may have forgot

To have you back, the branch must die.
To leave you in peace, I must leave.
Let me go and you forget me not.
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