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Photos of My Life-Someone, Or Something, Replaceable - Poetry Contest
Photos of My Life-Someone, Or Something, Replaceable - Poetry Contest
There was a horrible fire in my
house not too long ago-
Everything burned to ashes and
in the garbage I had to throw
many valuable things that
meant the world to me,
but there was one thing that
could be replaced in reality.
I’ve made scrapbooks for over
twenty years or more,
pictures and embellishments
of my family I adore.
Letters and post cards from
vacations I have taken,
and when I saw the rubble a
whole new outlook had awakened.
I used to think these things
could never be replaced,
but the more I pondered,
I came to a conclusion with grace.
See what has been burned
can be mine no more,
but it allowed me to start fresh
gathering more pictures than before.
A camera can be replaced as well
as a book of fond memories,
and when I look into the future
that is not all that I see.
A person who dies cannot be
replaced with someone else,
but I could always create new
scrapbooks to place upon my shelf.
Memories are not only on
photo paper, but in your heart,
and with my brand new camera
and printer is where I did start.
I took a new perspective on my
life and what I had in store,
freed myself from the loss of pictures
and replaced my mantel with more.
I never thought I could live without
twenty years of scrapbooks,
but in the end it was a way to
start over so this new road I took.
Replacing my life could never happen
but one lesson I have learned,
that letting-go and moving on is
something that is earned.
Agree with me or not but
I know this to be true...
The photos of my life can
be reprinted...
...with beautiful
scrapbooks of new.
Someone, or Something, Replaceable - Poetry Contest
March 26, 2017
Copyright © Lu Loo | Year Posted 2017
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