FORGET

 FORGET (Following the poem Remember by Christina Rossetti) 

By Peter Woodgate

Better by far you should forget and smile

Then that you should remember and be sad

For I have been a bastard, that’s the honest truth,

Now that you are rid of me, you should be glad.

But let me say, in my defense,

I loved you once, it’s true,

We laughed, as one, and sang in tune

Together, me and you.

I don’t know where it all went wrong,

When we fell out of love,

But we both know it’s over

When push becomes a shove.

Go find yourself another flame,

Forget that I exist,

Enjoy life whilst you still have time

Be held, be touched, be kissed.

And as for me, I won’t bemoan

The parting of our lives,

I won’t regret the absence,

The excuses and the lies.

Don’t listen to the gossip,

Don’t believe what you have heard,

I’m not depressed, in deep despair

Cos I’m with a younger bird.   

 

Copyright Peter Woodgate