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Romance

By

Alice C. Bateman

Romance, has it been dying

‘Midst our blue jeans and our sneakers

Are we losing our identities

Are we getting weaker

 

We are children of our mothers

But we’re not what they once were

The frills and laces disappeared

Our womanhood’s less pure

 

We murder unborn children

That might be ‘inconvenient’

We put our wishes before God’s

So far He's been lenient

 

The flowers that meant romance

The dance that felt so sweet

Have somehow sadly gotten lost

On life’s fast, busy streets

 

I’d like to feel the music

And hear a lover’s heart

Appreciating all it means

The sum of woman’s parts

 

The flowers and the romance

May be just what we’ve lost

And if that’s so, then this sad world

Should stop and count the cost  

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