Photos To Remind Myself

A poem about holding on

Photos To Remind Myself

Take pictures with that device

hold the moment as you smile

feel the world pause

A flash and we are back in motion

a memory for a lifetime

a smile forced of fake

a frown for the saddest of days

my mind will hold your pictures

remember you in my past

no water or sun damage

my mind is built to last

And even if with age a fog descends

I may not recognise your face 

but I can tell if we are friends

A photo from a lover

your partner 

your soul mate

whilst in the embrace of each other

the camera is too late 

capture my emotion

my tears 

my rage

leaving me for another

where are the photos of those days

send me pictures that I can keep

to make the dark days pass

send me pictures of your body

for when the love doesn't last

send me pictures of that smile

though pain is deep inside

remember all I have is my memory

from that nothing can hide

Author's Note

This poem is one of my attempts at making the reader decide what I'm trying to explain let me know what you think and after a few guesses I will reveal the meaning

Reviews

[GamingGal]

I took this as one losing one's memory. Perhaps Alzheimer's? Or having not seen one in so long that you begin to forget them. I've suffered from that. Ever since I moved away from my hometown, I've begin to grow distant from my friends. It's not that I want to, but that I no longer see them or have time to write or email them and whatnot. Due to this, I've began to forget. That fog has begun to set in. However, the photos dispel this fog and causes me to remember again.

Even if what I think this poem is about, I still very much so enjoyed reading it.

[Luke Ritta]

good work....the poem was very nice to read..loved the stanza....
capture my emotion
my tears
my rage
leaving me for another
where are the photos of those days

[NamelessBeast.]

I loved this one because it was vague, but there was a point to it that I can't grasp. I know you've done this before, usually with rather unexpected results. I, personally, think the poem is about someone that was betrayed and is looking back over happier times, regretting all the pain they were put through. That's just my interpretation though, I can't wait to hear yours.

[PJ]

I like this a lot very unique and moving your quite talented my friend very well expressed

[freelancejouster]

the sad, slow descriptions in this are quite interesting. nice work.

[Kes]

I like this. I would've thought it was about one person who betrayed another and another person who betrays themself. I don't know. That's just an idea.

It's beautiful, though. :) Photographs fascinate me in a kind of sad way. In a photograph, we can stay young and beautiful forever. In real life we fade.
Memories are sad. Memories get foggy and fade. Like us.

[Liza]

pictures are a funny irony - if we know the camera is capturing a moment - we may be acting or reaching - but when we look back we remember something different.