Let us forget. What matters it that we <br />Once reigned o'er happy realms of long-ago, <br />And talked of love, and let our voices low, <br />And ruled for some brief sessions royally? <br />What if we sung, or laughed, or wept maybe? <br />It has availed not anything, and so <br />Let it go by that we may better know <br />How poor a thing is lost to you and me. <br />But yesterday I kissed your lips, and yet <br />Did thrill you not enough to shake the dew <br />From your drenched lids--and missed, with no regret, <br />Your kiss shot back, with sharp breaths failing you; <br />And so, to-day, while our worn eyes are wet <br />With all this waste of tears, let us forget!<br /><br />James Whitcomb Riley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/let-us-forget-2/
