Pictures Last Longer Than Words

A snapshot It makes the present stay alive Makes a distant past revive Happy faces, words unspoken Dreams held so close, now burst and broken A second's glance will last forever When sweet words of future turned to never A photograph It conserves the love when the magic is gone Reflecting diamond days done like the last rays of sun Memories of a summer when friendships were made Forever on paper, though the colours may fade Stains of coffee to cover the memories Hidden in bookshelves, lost, precious remedies A picture It makes a kiss never end and the hopes never cease A life eternally carved on a frieze Two souls, once connected, now we're apart You are an image burnt in my heart It's love's and life's most prominent curse - Pictures last longer than words