How To Forget

How to Forget The school of time preaches the art of remembering But souls I’ve crossed crave the art of forgetting And though they say time fades memories ‘Tis not an absolute true For time reinforces, remembers ever so much more For that which you own, not time nor fate can rob it No event can change it, no circumstance deny it But it is that which fate denied that time remembers most It is what carves some souls, and sheds blood once again But that which was taken was not yours from the beginning It was a momentary possession, Be it love, sorrow or joy Time does allow partial healing Not by forgetting, but by replacing ‘Tis the long neglected secret to forget