POEM: The luscious pulchritude

– Ranga Sitaram

Painting: Watercolor on Paper, 16×20 inches each.

The luscious pulchritude

That once with vivacity shone,

Withers with inevitable age

And loses its lustrous sheen;

Yet beneath its wrinkled skin,

And behind its failing eyes,

Lies deep the marvels of

A life fully lived.

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