The Painting

such an intense gaze
what lovely Brown eyes
soft, smooth and evenly bronze
so is her skin
not a hair out of place
the smile playing around
the corners of her lips
said she knew things
no one else knew
oh! and that dress
haute couture
she is so exquisite
no wrinkles, no freckles
and she is only thirty
oh dear me!
She's been thirty the last decade

how lucky you are
to be eternally youthful and graceful
full of life and the bliss of ignorance
to be frozen and captured forever