kings fade <br />kingdoms too fade <br />vain glory is <br />what's left <br /> <br />even the self with <br />which we flirt in a <br />life-long affair <br />is left to fade <br /> <br />body, the seat of illusion <br />body, the seed of desire <br />too fades away on the <br />dissolving horizon of time <br /> <br />18nov2009 <br />11.20hrs<br /><br />indira babbellapati<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/some-thoughts-to-ponder-viii/