Mind if I take a photo?
Mind if I take a photo?
You smile. I smile.
Freezing you on my film? Can I?
Can I frame you in my mind
Like you once were
For you’ve run away.
You are not in this photo.
Same name, face, yes,
That was then.
Don’t want to chase,
Even if I could find you.
Who are you looking for, my friend?
Author Note: while watching my screensaver, a photo slideshow, i thought of each life that corresponded to each face and memory frozen in time. what if we could revert to that instant --start over again. what if we were better then?
About the author
I live with my wife, an artist, in Indianapolis. Besides poetry, I like to take photographs, read books, travel overseas, and listen to news/political podcasts, college lectures and classic literature. You can read about my approach to poetry on my poetics page. To stay in touch, follow me on Twitter or connect on a variety of other social networks.
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