Beauty Fades, Love Remains

Mama kept a mirror on the hallway wall. Said,

"Baby, don't you chase what won't last at all" Lipstick on a

napkin, hair pins in a jar. She'd laugh and

say, "The shine don't make the star." Beauty fades like the daylight

on a dusty county road. Like the paint on daddy's Chevy or the stories

we were told. But love stays deeper than the lines time makes, hold on to

the heart child, 'cause beauty fades. I saw a girl in high school

with a crown and a smile. Thought she'd rule the world for at least a