There is beauty in old age <br /> which younger girls can’t emulate <br /> As if the lady’s reached the stage <br /> where she need not dissimulate <br /> <br />She’s not afraid to let you see <br /> the lines that life’s writ on her face. <br /> Each wrinkle was earned honourably <br /> each laughter line has earned its place <br /> <br />Cosmetics may conceivably <br /> appear to slow the passing years <br />but only temporarily <br /> before you are reduced to tears <br /> <br />Youthful beauty soon fades away <br />no matter how hard you may try <br />by artifice to make it stay. <br /> In lucky ladies replaced by <br /> <br />A much longer lasting beauty <br />which shows from somewhere deep inside <br /> without a trace of vanity <br />Though grace and dignity abide. <br /> <br />Old ladies can be beautiful <br /> and often turn a young man’s head. <br />Although they are quite comfortable <br />accepting compliments unsaid. <br /> <br />Admiring glances from young men <br /> who readily appreciate <br />The beauty of older women <br />is something youth can’t imitate. <br /> <br />Young women lack maturity <br />which older ladies can display. <br />Their youthful insecurity <br />somehow always gets in the way. <br /> <br />29-Jul-08 <br /> <br />http// blog.myspace.com/poeticpiers<br /><br />ivor or ivor.e hogg<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/in-praise-of-older-women-for-m-lady-ernestine/
