The hardest thing to do — Summary

Hardest thing to do is to love someone Who won't love you back To be there for someone Who wasn't there for you To still see the best in somone When all they tend to show is the worst..

To sacrifice for the self obsessed, To cry without making a noise, To choose someone over yourself, Who will never choose you for you.

To choose the unworthy, To give heaven to the devil, To love someone who loves obsession more than love.

To be a giver for the taker, To live with a restricted throat, To neglect your truth, When putting yourself down is the only way to push them up..

To selflessly love the selfish Perhaps a grave mistake anyone can make I'm not bound by my heart or their mind I'm just doing what the fate has assigned.

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Celestie777's poem is a list of the small and large sacrifices that come with loving someone who gives nothing in return. The speaker names these one after another: staying kind to a person who shows only their worst side, crying silently, and putting someone else first when they would never do the same. The repeated "To..." openings make it feel like a weight being added to, line by line.

The speaker feels exhausted, hurt, and a little bitter. Phrases like "give heaven to the devil" and "a restricted throat" show how much love has cost them, including their own voice and self-respect. Yet the ending shifts the tone. The speaker admits this may be "a grave mistake," then falls back on fate, saying they are not ruled by their heart or the other person's mind. It sounds like acceptance, though it could also be a way of coping with a choice that keeps hurting. The mood is heavy, sad, and quietly resigned.

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