Once But Not Forever.
The riches that you owned back then,
The love, the wealth, the care,
I never had that fortune, no,
So proud to know you there,
You wore the finest clothes and,
The best that man could buy,
Rich beauty that you walked encloaked in,
I could but sit and cry,
You my hero, love and lust,
You my blinding star,
Oh all that time, I held you high,
But now you've fallen so far,
The radiance, the sparkle, glint,
The aura of your face,
I classed you as the Lady then,
Now you're mere disgrace,
You fell like angels tumbled to hell,
From the place that you held so dear,
All I could do is just gaze and just wait,
Only could I watch in fear,
You my hero, love and lust,
You my blinding star,
How did those times, I hold you so high,
How did you fall down so far,
Once were you precious, Diamond in rough,
Sparkling gem of the east,
Now you are nothing, just lost in the wasteland,
Long may you rest now in peace.
Long may you rest on in peace.
Christopher Dicker - MMVI
In Memory.