Dear My Friends

My neighbor is a photographer He takes pictures of nature He seems interested in taking pictures of me My friends would like some pictures too My neighbor is a photographer My friends would like him to see the nature in them They would prefer pictures that bring out what they once were He is on a journey to find that My neighbor is a photographer He finds the joy in the tears He finds the tears in the laughter Can he say that is nature? My neighbor is a photographer As he journeys to finds the nature in my friends He seems to think What nature do these people want me to find My neighbor is a photographer While my friends send out their best smiles He sees the regret in their eyes He sees the people they had wanted to be What my friends were after Was not what they once were But rather, what they wish they were The nature they are looking for Was not what they had But what they could have had