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Names to be Forgotten

December 29, 2008
By Anonymous

There are names to be forgotten
and names to keep in safes,
and still I only wish
I could put the name to face

There are names to be forgotten
and people to forget,
and yet you keep on prying
when will you ever quit?

Your name is to be forgotten
and if you only knew
you're supposed to be forgotten
and yet your memories still true.

Your a name to be forgotten
and as if it's not my place
though your memories still here
I can no longer find your face

Your name was to be forgotten
and as if the goal was lost
I tried to forget you
but I think its best I not.

There are names to be forgotten
and names to keep in safes
and still I only wish
I could put the name to face.

The author's comments:
I wrote this after a long time of trying to forget people and after a while I couldn't remember what these people were truely like, but instead how I had potrayed them. In the poem the word "face" is equivalent to a persons true personality.

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