When

When I try to forget 

I am filled with regret

When I try to relate

I am faced with a debate

Why cling to the past 

When you were not part of the cast

Why talk of the fast 

When you not part of the holocaust

Why talk of the pain

When you were not the only one

Because I still feel the disdain

Every day I still feel the cane  

For freedom our bodies attained

But bondage our minds contains

So today I remeber again  

So I can continue to fight off the stain

World day for the abolition of Slavery and Slave Trade