Eternal Bride

White dress, glowing face

Meets his gaze at aisle's end

Her beauty almost fully known

Reflected in the eyes of her beloved.

Years pass, crosses carried

White dress replaced by ordinary

Body and mind often weary

Has her beauty faded?

Not faded but re-created

It is transmitted

Poured out to him

Gifted to lives co-created.

The glow of a bride

Becomes the warmth for new life

Made brighter by the giving over

To eternal souls destined for Eternity.

As she bears life

Spiritual life, physical life

Temporal beauty is transformed

Overflowing into a greater purpose.

Her beauty has not faded.

It has become eternal.