Love Also Fades

Love like a flaming candle
–Like childhood and adolescence
–Like beauty and pride
–Like a painting and craft

Love like time and seasons
–Like a stream and greenfield
–Like sunrise and sunset
–Like company and boredom

Love like power and fame
–Like laughter and angst
–Like riches and lack
–Like totems and bricks

Love like garlands and flowers
–Like sorrow and joy
–Like a dream and reality
–Like vanity and longevity

Does fade like all things nice and lush
–like laurels and flags
But virtue like eternity and posterity
–Like grace and good deeds lasts
So love without virtue is lust!