by Julie Helms

Created on: April 06, 2009   Last Updated: January 21, 2010

Ephemeral

A Daylily blooms for just one day
A lovely star flower made that way.
"I'll be back next year, so don't pity me,
Now one bloom, next time three."

A Mayfly lives for just one day
The good Lord created her that way.
"I'll lay my eggs, so don't pity me,
Next year we'll be a thousand; wait and see."

Time lasts only a second, nothing more
There are as many of them as sand upon the shore
"I'll come and go, don't pity me
Till the end of life with you we'll be."

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