Old Photo's

OLD Photo's September 30, 2013 at 4:21pm Looking back through the years I cannot recognise the emotions, that my face is showing- in old photos! HIDING the PAIN AND TEARS surely this smile did not last AFTER THE SHUTTER DROPPED: And the photo shooting stopped IS THIS ME PRETENDING TO BE HAPPY-JUST LONG ENOUGH - FOR THE SHUTTER TO click? A NANO SECOND- A FLASH OF LIGHT WHEN THE ACHING STOPPED-THERE IS A BRIEF GAP - OF BEFORE I GOT SLAPPED- WITH the REALITY. Yes it is me ! I RECOGNIZE THE PERSON I PORTRAYED - DON'T RECOGNIZE THE REASON FOR THE SMILE DON'T REMEMBER -THE SEASON- NOR THE OCCASION. WHEN THE SHUTTER DROPPED, CAPTURED EVERYTHING BUT THE PAIN YET I SEE MY FRAIL FRAME TRYING TO BE STRONG FOR THOSE WHOM UPON "ME" DEPEND. PRAYING THIS PICTURE'S FRAME DOES NOT CAPTURE my FEAR nor capture ALL THE WRONG doings-showing IN MY DULL EYES I STILL SEE WEAKNESS. OLD PHOTOS WITH A LIKENESS pictures so unlikely to look like me. Memories that will soon fade in time The happy and sad days People you've left behind' PEOPLE SURROUNDING me IN PICTURES Are now from days gone by NO LONGER STARS IN my CAST WHEN THE SHUTTER DROPS- There are faces on paper Deep-rooted in the camera's eye. SOME HAVE VANISHED- WHEN THE HEART STOPS; But MEMORIES now will last. How ironic that my younger self Is now my old self where only my thinking is brand new. The future will decipher these pictures with no names Images LEFT ON photo paper- Frame by frame- A life captured in Photo's from my past