I grew up and forgot to forget

I grew up and forgot to forget Number of pages: 280 pages 📖 Author: #Buthaina_Al Essa Publisher: Dar Al Arab for Science Publishers They always told me: You grow up and forget. When I fell and my eyebrow was bruised, When the math teacher forced me to stand facing the wall Because I forgot that 7 × 6 = 42, When my bike broke and they didn't buy me another So I wouldn't break it, When my soul's bottle broke, When my parents died, When I didn't die, When the world was too much and I was alone, When we slaughtered my doll because "Barbie" is forbidden, And closed the "Spacetoon" channel because "Pokemon" is forbidden. When I removed my parents' picture from the frame and buried it in the broken drawer So that the angels wouldn't be expelled... When the cracks in the walls filled with demons, When I was forced to enter the girls' college, to preserve my modesty, When I was presented to a friend for marriage, to preserve my modesty, When I tore the covers of my books to protect them from burning, When I wrote my first poem under a box of Kleenex, trembling with fear, When I was pulled by my hijab during my first poetic morning... When my brother finally slapped me, They all told me: You grow up and forget. The problem is that I grew up and didn't forget, I grew up and forgot to forget...