Suspension Bridge Poem by Nassy Fesharaki

Suspension bridge

It is lie if I say:
- "Not afraid of the death! "

Am afraid!
Am afraid!
Am afraid!

For the "Why? "
-no answer!

Just maybe, yes, maybe
-as is told:
- "Fear of the unknown! "

Could have been fearless
-if was wise like Rumi
-who saw the process:
- "Became animal from thing,
-animal turned mankind,
-when I die can become
-far better and above."

He changed the unknown to
-discovered and well-known.

My range of travels
-joining the people in their cultures,
-listening to comments for research,
-using roads, sailing seas, and facing
-sickness of airlessness on mountains,
-brought me to stage that I call:
- "Confession to being unaware! "

I am on a bridge,
- (suspended!)

Exactly like the one on Oxus (by Iran)
-to connect the Tajiks with Afghans
-Taliban or their fans cut it off
-it collapsed, and some died!
-Was it to terrorize, act of war?

Which was right?
Which was wise?

I went and visited area and recalled
-Genghis Khan and prince on the run.
-Son of the fallen king was on horse
-bravely jumped into the current:
- "Better dead freely, than by Khan! "

Which was right?
Which was wise?

I am in total loss, repeating:
- "Confession to being unaware! "

Remember the movie by Kubrick?
- (A Space Odyssey)
-Man tried to return to machine;
-encountered the door locked, by "IT".

Then it seemed strange
-now we read: "IT is on the rise, "
- (Deep learning means: "Man out! ")

Now we read of Facebook: "Found efforts
-disrupting the midterm elections of U.S.! "

Now we read of: "Airliner and drones! "
-collisions, close calls;
-and women's concussion in football.

Which is right?
Which is wise?

I am in total loss and repeat:
- "I confess to being unaware! "

I feel so clueless that can't talk;
-when reading White Women's:
- "shooting the Indian…"
-Which is which? Which is wise?
-Follow which? What is right?