THE HEALING ART

It’s best to let the past depart;

Why harbor such remembering:

What made the wound, who broke the heart.

It’s best to let the past depart;

Why hold we fast the fiery dart

That keeps the pain still embering?

It’s best to let the past depart;

Why harbor such remembering.

It’s best to let the past depart

And search each day for the bright new songs

To mend the wound, restore the heart.

It’s best to let the past depart;

Let new horizons’ healing art

Erase the ache of the unearned wrongs.

It’s best to let the past depart

And meet each day with brave new songs.