The Fair Youth Beauty
IN A NICK OF TIME
IN LIFE'S HARSH REALITIES
THE FAIR YOUTH BEAUTY FADES
LIKE WITHERED GRASS IT'S GONE
WEAK,BROKEN,DEEP ASLEEP
NEVER TO AWAKE AGAIN.
ALL THAT REMAINS ARE MEMORIES
THAT NO EYE SEES BUT YOU
THAT NO OTHER TONGUE CAN TELL BUT YOURS
THOSE MEMORIES THAT THE MIND CAN HARDLY DEPICT
THE FAIR YOUTH BEAUTY.
IT SHALL FADE
IT'S DESTINED FOR EXTINCTION
ITS NOT IMMORTAL
THOUGH IT CAN BE IMMORAL.
THAN ANOTHER GENERATION SPRINGS UP
TO TRAD THE NARROW PATH WE ALL TOOK.
THAN THE HEART ACHES
THE SOUL YEARNS
AND THE MIND REMINDS
MEMORIES REMAIN.
TRULY NOTHING IS NEW UNDER THE SUN,
THEY WERE ONCE YOUNG
THEIR EYES ONCE WERE SO KEEN
ENERGETIC,IMAGINARY BUT LESS REALISTIC
THAN IN A BLINK OF TIME IT FADED
THEIR YOUTH SHIELDED THEM NO-MORE
AND THEIR FAIR YOUTH BEAUTY DECLINED.
AS SURE AS MAN LIVE
AS LONG AS THE EYES CAN SEE
THE TONGUE CAN TELL
THE FAIREST YOUTH BEAUTY CONTINUES TO FADE
BY MISFORTUNE OR NATURE'S COURSE
THAT'S THE FAIR YOUTH BEAUTY
Copyright © Emilia Nakafingo | Year Posted 2019
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