Nous Falloir Cultiver Nos Amour-We Must Cultivate Our Love Poem by Christine K. Trease

Silenced desire through the ages
causes passion to lose its way.
Unrequited love found oft in history
fails to find the light of day.
Unacknowledged love let go forever
can't be allowed to spread and grow.
Squelching affection causes callous
emotions,
compassion nameless, and wars to know.
Do not allow your feelings to hush,
their noiseless voices must cry aloud.
You must rekindle the passion lost,
bring emotion back to the madding crowd.

Fear neither your love nor its
repercussions,
adore full-mouthed with all your heart.
Bring allegiance back to our dying nation,
join back together what's been torn apart.
It takes but one with unwavering courage,
to show the way to those less fraught.
It is a burden, but one worth knowing,
a war to wage, through a battle fought,
could bring love back to a heartless
species,
it's worth a chance, for success to prevail.
You can tell your children and they their
children
the lore of this remarkable tale,
of love once lost, 'twas thought forever,
and one strong soul, who fought the crowd,
to come forth with courage unrelenting
and dared to voice their love aloud.