If time could heal everything

If time could heal everything, then how long must one wait until the wound will disappear?

There are things that I have tried to bury in the deepest corners of my heart, so well hidden that I'd thought they were already forgotton with time. But just one incident could make everything resurface. One look, one smile, one word, were enough to make me remember things I had longed to be forgotton.

Sometimes, there are things which are felt so deeply, that they are forever engraved into your heart. Engravings cannot disappear with time, it can only become eroded and weathered so that it is not as visible as at the start. The only way an engraving can be removed is for it to be chipped off; the part of the stone removed. What you are left with will never be the same as the beginning, you are left with a hole where those engravings used to be.

I have once had feelings for a person so strong that they were engraved onto my heart. I tried hard to forget these feelings, thinking that time would heal my heart and at first it seemed to work. Until I ran into them again...
The feelings which I thought I had forgotten came rushing back out. I hadn't forgotten, I had simply tried to hide them and ignore them. So when I was faced with the subject again, the powerful feelings came crashing back into me, so clear were they that is seemed like no time had passed at all!

One smile was enough to let me remember what had made my heart beat so fast. One word was enough to make me remember how much I had admired him. One look reminded me of his warmth, his kindness and gentleness. How could I have forgotton? How am I supposed to forget?