"Beauty's a fragile boon, 
and the years are quick to destroy it,
Always diminished with time, 
never enduring too long.
Violet's always fade, 
and the bloom departs from the lily;
When the roses are gone, 
nothing is left but the thorn."

- Ovid

Wild roses and flower blossoms compete for the attention of the busy bees and pretty flies by luring them with their exquisite scent. Unfortunately I could not figure out how to share the loveliness of the scent with everyone as I did with their beauty. Beauty never last long and disappears as quickly as the breeze removes their perfume their beauty is also gone.

One must never put off going to see them they likely won’t be there when you finally get around to it and that is how it often is with what mattes in life. The one thing I long for much more than money or possessions, is time. Unfortunately is is, like the bloom of the roses, too brief and thus we should never waste this most valuable commodity because no matter how rich you are, time is something money can never buy. and is something if wasted, cannot be gotten back.

© TS Ni hUiginn