Timeless beauty
by Ravie Shankar Rajan

Time has swiftly flown by;
I still remember that day, forty years ago;
Mother scolding me in a gentle voice,
Enough of your excuses! I am going to get you married.
Letters were dispatched, horoscopes were matched;
Eight weeks later, you walked into my house.
Soon a fragile relationship blossomed between us;
Slowly surviving and winning through the tests of time.


Black circles now reside permanently beneath your eyes;
Ears strain hard to gather the remnants of sound;
Arms weak and feeble, losing the vitality of youth;
Ugly wrinkles have swallowed your beautiful face.
The people may now call you an old woman;
You will always remain a timeless beauty for me.

Note: This poem is an acrostic: the first letter of each line forms a word 

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