To Things That Stay. Poem by dave lessard

Don't give your heart to passing fancies
that give you pain and faltered hope;
like love that's lost regrettably,
take heart in things where you can cope.
Throw away the sparkling glitter
of things that shine and seem most bright;
but fade away in measured time
like candles burning in the night.
Their beauty lasts but for a moment
before its lovely light is gone;
and you're jarred back to reality
to realize, that you've been wrong.
Flowers fade, their time is passing
autumn casts its own bright hue;
with a fiery color glowing
against October skies so blue.
Love the things that now will stay
paintings, pictures, and music fine;
forget the things that now are dying
and drink the dregs of summer's wine.