Love Lives On

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Love Lives OnPaul sees a lovely landscapeon some flower shop wallthere's a name at the bottomof someone he can't recallthat painter's long forgottenand Paul knows well that deathis by far the bluest colortime has painted withcos paintings outlive their painterpoets fade before their poemsand love's a work of artcreated by two heartsso nothing's sadder thana lost and broken manwhose love lives onafter his lover is goneleaves float like ballerinason a lonely dancer's gravewho knows what haunted spirittheir graceful steps may raisenearby there's a gravestonewhere Paul lays a rose bouquetsomehow they'll dance foreverin love's tender balletcos dances outlast the dancerpoets fade before their poemsand love's a work of artcreated by two heartsso nothing's sadder thana lost and broken manwhose love lives onafter his lover is gonePaul pulls up his collarand passes the iron gatesundown's a fiery canvasas the day begins to fadehis wife's last few hourswere strokes of an artist's brushthose mem'ries are a paintingthat Paul can almost touchcos paintings outlive their painterpoets fade before their poemsbut love's a work of artcreated by two heartsand nothing's sadder thana lost and broken manwhose love lives onafter his lover is gone(c)2004 Robert George