The Services Rendered When Love .....Dies.
©-MFB III
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I have laid out
the death of her love
in a respectful and
mournful manner,
washed the tears
from the stilled eyes
that once held so much
admiration for me,
dressed it in fine remnants
that highlight all that it was,
embalmed it with
the passions drained
that once filled
my veins to bursting,
and realized that any
makeup would be artificial,
and not worthy of what
once was lovely to view.
Now I encase it in tiny
hollow of gold plated hopes,
tarnished when removed
from my weeping heart,
but reserved for her alone,
I bury her deep
in the loam of the past,
and plant flowers
over the grave
to hide the ugliness
of what has forever been lost.
I have raised a marker
here as a warning
to all that love is
fragile, and can
be gone in an instant
so cherish it's beauty
as if tomorrow
all that you hold dear
would just as quickly be lost.
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