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Your Photogragh, Your Picture

Using the superlative of cameras, the one that sits atop With backdrop of a sunset, a sunrise or a majestic waterfall Dressed and done up so radiant, proof of God is what you are Unfamiliar, never shuttered in the annals of photography Profuse beauty attained is in your photograph However shear the disbelief, amazingly there is contention It is my depiction of you. Assisted only by canvas, brushes, paints, a stool, a stand, the whole of me and the grace of God Your presence is not necessary For in my mind your image dwells, unlike the aforementioned thus begins the transferring, by way of my mind, my eyes, my hands, to my brushes, my colors then blesses the canvas All of which seem ordained Culminating with the you I see, behind no lens, behind my eyes proving the immaculate photograph only hints on your beauty Exquisite elegance ever immense is your picture

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