You Too Were Beautiful.

You too

were beautiful

as she is.

You too

had such fine wavy hair

and lips red as any rose of such.

You too had eyes that shone

with the excitement of youth.

You too had a figure

that men would look at and dream.

But then you became old

and your beauty faded

with the years

and your hair

became grey and tired

and lips became less red

and seemed less rose-like

as years moved on

and slowly past you by

and took the brightness

from your once excited eyes

and you realised too late

all beauty dies.