Let me Love Them

Lord Byron, one of the great Romantic Poets, once said: "It is time this heart should be unmoved, Since others it hath ceased to move: Yet, though I cannot be beloved, Still let me love!"

Though I cannot be beloved, Still let me Love! What a thing to say. Byron is not being loved, but he is still begging to love others. Inspiring? To say the least. Byron's poetry has always been inspiring to me, but this particular line.. really caught me :) Though I cannot be beloved.. Still let me Love.

Though I cannot please them
Please let me love them
Although they think nothing of me
Please let me think everything of them
Although they wish to cause misery
Let me seek to cause happiness
Although they only cause me tears
Let me wipe them all away
Although I cannot please them
Please let me love them.

- K.L. Hudman