Fading Photographs

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Letters or Photographs Poetry Contest
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We're born innocent, naively alive; from babe to toddler; we know only love. But things start to change as we approach five; Santa isn't real, and push turns to shove. We learn by example or pay the cost; peer pressure can dissolve the strongest bonds. By asking questions, we're already lost; buck the system and see how it responds. Like fading photographs, memories blur as the years accumulate over time. We'd like to believe miracles occur, but life has always been an uphill climb. And at the end, in fading photographs, we preserve the memories of our laughs.

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Ink Empress

Date: 10/6/2024 1:42:00 AM

Dear Emile, you always write sonnets so well, with excellent rhymes etc. this poem is so very deep and has an introspective touch to it, as you look back and trace so much of what has been .. i especially felt the lines “ Like fading photographs, memories blur as the years accumulate over time. We'd like to believe miracles occur,” so true and profound! Evocative poem. Thank you for sharing this. Congratulations on your win

Emile Pinet
Date: 10/6/2024 9:17:00 AM

Thanks, Ink Empress; I appreciate the placement and your kind comments, my friend. Emile.