Pictures Speak Nothing

A thousand words
is not even 
close to what
I can write to 
express my loss
of baby pictures.
When someone
sets fire to
your beginning 
of life 
a picture 
speaks nothing.
Memories for
generation
sits in ashes
among the
earths grains.
My pictures
can't speak
but I can.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2007

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