© Joan Currie – Faded Rose

Comme à cette fleur, la vieillesse
Fera ternir votre beauté.

For length of days will tarnish it
Like roses that were loveliest.

Pierre de Ronsard – Mignonne, allons voir

This rose marks the end of a relationship  –  one that began in the blush of young love.

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