Friday, September 28, 2007

Photographs



*Click*Snap*Flash*

Another memory gets recorded

The album of time holds a new photograph

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Jeans shorts and a ponytail

Scrapped knees and a smile that’s rare

An old portrait from a fairytale

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Childhood mates with toothy grins

Enfolded in friendship, protected by dreams

Living in a fantasy world, that’s evergreen.

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A bundle of roses in anxious arms

Secret message wrapped in fragrance and charm

Capturing the affection of an unsuspecting mind

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A day of beginning, a farewell to past

Armed with aspirations, dreams and hopes to broadcast

A sea of flying caps, cheers and speeches to last

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White roses and a layered cake,

Kissing lovebirds dancing to a serenade

The perfect ingredients for an enchanted day

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Old love that new, in an ancient couple’s heart

Years of laughs and tears, itched in with wrinkles and scars

Giving the impression, history has been kind

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Palm trees bowing to a setting sun

Chanting a lone melody and swaying as one

Waving green branches in a farewell song

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Flipping through life’s album,

Days and years surpass, with an adieu to existence,

We turn over the final photograph.

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© Sherine Meshad, 29 Sept 2007