I am a flower,
born a long time ago,
now out of bloom
I have little beauty to show -
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A truly sublime verse, Smoky. Sooner or later, each one of us will find out how it feels to be that flower.
ah, but there is beauty in grey hair and laughter lines around the eyes and mouth and beauty in wisdom learned through the years and most of all the aging flower understands the delicacies of love... a million stars shine on this aged flower