Let It Be Forgotten

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.

 

Credit

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

About this Poem

“Let It Be Forgotten” was originally published in Flame and Shadow (The Macmillan Company, 1920).