Fading away

Everything bleaches in antiquity. 
The bluest eyes whiten in time. 
Colours dream the dream of eternity. 

Farewell the pert and the pretty. 
Red lips pinken past their prime. 
Everything bleaches in antiquity. 

Fingers cling to longevity, 
greying skin in worried decline.   
Colours dream the dream of eternity. 

Shards of discarded crockery.  
Seashells on a rocky shoreline. 
Everything bleaches in antiquity. 

Beauty morphs into serenity 
careless of colour, lustre and shine. 
Colours dream the dream of eternity. 

Young white coats in the vicinity 
usher the end of the line. 
Everything bleaches in antiquity. 
Colours dream the dream of eternity.