COLD===a poem

all beauty fades with passing of time and

memories kindle near forgotten fires within

heart and within the

mind as if all was new and fragrant as the blooming of a rose kissed by warming sun

so sad the earth to lose such beauty as all fade near

summers end

as warmth begats the chill of autumn night and fallen leaves

trace the air with dying scent

so too all love unkindled embers fade

in ashes as in the rain to bring a call to mourn the

passing of the eve and lent to darker

light no body harbors warmth the

flesh so pale and lips so cold as grave scent shrouds the air as i

love you one last time and read the carving on the stone above your head