You Expect Me To Remember That? Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

The only thing given to the one who succeeds,
Is an ability to tolerate...
Comments made and actions done,
By those who create obstacles.
Who then later pretend with attempts to convince,
They've known from their own involvement...
What those efforts were taken by another.
And the years of support they either donated,
Or supplied along the way.
Since no one survives alone.

'That's strange.
Your name has never once been mentioned.'

~I know.
See how ungrateful people can be?
And I remember when we walked home,
From elementary school together.~

'That school was less than a block away,
From where we use to live.
It's not even there anymore.'

~That's what I'm saying.
People always try to forget where they came from.~

'How long ago was that? '

~I don't know.
You expect me to remember that? ~