Let me

Let me but love you for a day-
When evening comes
I'll fly away.

Let me but hold your hands in mine-
Feel their warmth
and then un-twine.

Let me but speak my love for you-
My whispers will say
 what you knew.

Let me but care from afar-
Look on with grief
as you pass to stars.

Let me but be a thought-
In your mind live
and die o'er wrought.

Let me be vapor in sunshine-
Unseen my heart
and leave no trail behind.