True Love In It's Prime

True love in it's prime is a beautiful thing It's praises in poetry and song we do sing But the great joy of love sometimes does end in tears And the ache of lost love it can linger for years The cross of unrequited love a love that is not rare Of all of loves crosses the heaviest to bear Forsaken in love have led some to suicide And of love ache it is known that some even have died The joy of love that does begin with a kiss And that leads to moments of passion joy and bliss Can often end in heartache and years of woe Fifty years of love few are privileged to know True love for many does not last a lifetime Though love has been honoured in story, song and rhyme.