Beauty is Fleeting

SHE STARES INTO THE GLASS
HOW LONG WILL THIS LAST
HEART SINKING

REALIZING
ALL ALONG
BEAUTY IS FLEETING

TALES SPUN
WISDOM SHUNNED
A FALSE HOPE

BEAUTY IS FLEETING
CHARM IS DECEITFUL

YET, BEAUTY AND CHARM
HOLD ALL HER EXPECTATIONS THUS FAR

HER WORTH AND PURPOSE A BLUR
O, HOW WILL SHE FAIR?

A WOMAN WHO FEARS THE LORD
IS TO BE PRAISED
THEY SAY
BUT THE EYES NEVER LIE

BEAUTY AND CHARM ARE PRAISED
IN MULTIPLE WAYS

O WAIT

PRAISE BY MAN IS NOT
WHAT WE ARE FOR

HELP US TO FEAR YOU
YOU ALONE O LORD

BECAUSE BEAUTY IS FLEETING
THIS WORLD, TOO, IS PASSING

AND THOSE WHO FEAR THE LORD
ARE LIVING
ETERNAL

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