My Version of 'The Nymph's Reply'

Now if the world were flat, not round

And truths were whispered from the ground,

Your pretty thoughts of life with me

Just might 'suade me to agree.

 

But the things you thought, and knew

Fall away in a year or two.

For time does wash away

All that you promised for today.

 

Birds move on to better places

And everyday you meet new faces.

Though water ripples and winds cry,

Soon they still; a drowning sigh.

 

Snow scares away the heat;

Howling wildly as it creeps.

Honey coating words with the now,

Trinkets promised with deceiving vows.

 

No joy can be found in roses,

Chocolates, letters or rubbing noses.

Your beads, your shoes, your rings,

Can be sought to buy better things.

 

Your murmurs of dresses, hats and clasps,

May astonish others in gleeful gasps.

But soon they will wither and break;

Exposing you as the fake.

 

So no more talk of diamonds and pearls;

For truth is gold as yours unfurls.

Flowers fade as time flies fast,

As romance fades with the past.

 

But if the world were to change,

And all the lies were rearranged.

I just might be persuaded to

Actually fall in love with you.