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When Beauty Fades

I told my darling wife - you're my life, You're beautiful and I love you She gave me a dead smile With her fathomless eyes filled with sadness Do you love me because I'm beautiful? - she asked Yes my love, you're beautiful - I said Suddenly, her eyes welled up in tears My dear, why do you have a teary eyes? She said; I grief the love that will die soon Oh! My love, why would our love die soon? She held my hands firmly, fixing her pretty glare into my eyes saying: I may be beautiful like flower this morning, But I'll wither soon at night I may twinkle like the stars up in the sky But my spark won't shine till morning I may be as bright as the noonday sun But I won't shine through the murky night I may be beautiful now to earn your love But won't it die when my hair grizzled and break away When wrinkle maps my face and my smile makes me uglier When my eyes can barely see How you've aged over time, yet handsome When my bosom ruptures like airless bag When my beautiful lips grow dry and pale Would you still love me then When my beautiful fade away into time

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