She Was Quite A Beauty Poem by Francis Duggan

She was quite a beauty five decades ago
Before time that ages everything became her foe
The town's number one beauty in her physical prime
Though this is going back some five decades in time
Though she did have a few loves in her life
She never had children or was never any man's wife
The love of her life died in a car accident at twenty five
For to grow old with her he did not survive
But who comes or who goes life does go on
Well into her seventies she retains the memories of happier times long gone
In her prime years one of rare beauty to behold
But physical beauty does fade as women grow old
She never had children or was never anyone's wife
Since at a young age she lost the great love of her life.