The Truth In Pictures

when i stop to think
i can't believe
what this world
has come down to

we think
we live
we fight
we give

and it all comes down to
what
a picture
in a frame

a life
left un-maintained

but what is it all for
if we never know
what it is
that we are truly willing to die for
Copyright © | Year Posted 2007

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