Love and Time

Love and Time

Love is only for a time;
we all know it must end.

Eventually
there comes along
a death, dishonesty, or dread
to pummel out
the flame of love
that always was
pro tem.

But might there be
some higher form of love?
The pure, enduring,
everlasting thing, perhaps…
that glimmered
in your eye
just then…
I think…

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