Despite

Poemata LXV

Before vanishing / the dewdrop falls, quiet / broken by its sound [source]

I love you, despite forgetting
 -- forgetting everything all the time;
I hope you won't be fretting
     whenever something brings me to mind;
I love you, despite not being
 -- not being what all I promised to be
I know you must be seeing
    the years to make much less of me;
I love you despite it raining
 -- and rain running through an unseen crack
I hope you haven't been blaming
    the weeds and thorns for what I lack;
I love you despite my running
 -- running away from battles of mine
I know that yet you're gunning
    for us to win at least one time;
Yes, I love you despite my folly
Despite the fact I cannot show
Anything for the years revolving
Despite the fact you cannot know
That I love you, despite regretting
 -- regretting as life is lost to time
So before I began forgetting
    I wrote it here, a little rhyme.