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Let It Be Forgotten

Sara Teasdale

1884 –

1933

Let it be forgotten, as a flower is forgotten,

   Forgotten as a fire that once was singing gold,

Let it be forgotten for ever and ever,

   Time is a kind friend, he will make us old.



If anyone asks, say it was forgotten

   Long and long ago,

As a flower, as a fire, as a hushed footfall

   In a long forgotten snow.

This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on December 1, 2019, by the Academy of American Poets.