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Forever

Some things last forever, others do not.
 The life span of a butterfly is measured in days
Yet the time it takes light to reach,
 Distant galaxies is millions of years,
   A glacier may take years to move a mile,
    Days for a rose to succumb and die,
   Empires have lasted for years and years,
    Mountains carved by rivers, carried away,
         By the sands of time,
         Seasons change and time does not stop.
 A snap of the fingers lasts for a fraction of a second,
    A touch for a minute, perhaps,
   A kiss for hours, if you're lucky...
  A match burns out too soon to know,
   That a torch burns brightly forever,
   That's what I will be, If you let me,
A storm may blow the flame, almost off of it's base,
 But it will prevail,
A torch will give you light when darkness abounds,
Illuminate, and accompany you on your journey through time
The only way to extinguish a torch's flame,
 Is to let it's fuel expire,
You are my inspiration, you fuel me to burn,
 Burn as bright as the sun, or a guiding light,
Don't let me go out and die,
For I will never see your smile again.

  By V.A. Lopez

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