They Told Me To Remember To Forget

They told me to remember to forget and they told me to smile
I had already broken my back and wearily walked many a mile
at the drop of a hat they wanted a truce and tried every ruse
to pull at heart's strings but the heart was sore and  heavy
the river of love was dry,I wanted to lie down alone and cry
I saw it clearly ,I saw the game. I only asked God why me? why?
The nights had been endless, nights had been long and truly dry
life was a melancholic song,no way through words eerie woods ,
I wandered all over restlessly ,I thought I would  surely die
but I never gave up my smile ,I shared it ,I sent it ,I tried
to lease it to them who had misplaced it along with their guilt
I wove love's Quilt and tried again and again but they tore it
and wounded me with cold glares that I did not deserve at all
but I still tried hard to remember to forget ,tears had to fall
when I remembered how they matter-of -factly told me by the wall
to remember to forget