PICTURE INSIDE OF A STERLING SILVER FRAME

reflection....

PICTURE INSIDE OF A STERLING SLIVER FRAME

 

How wonderfully maintained

those manicured smiles are

 

He the right height above her

to show stature and strength;

she the anticipated 6 inches below

to have her face give that needed

upward tilt as she admires him

with love’s glow

How they must have practiced

To give what they not know

 

Then to have that ever present little

child set squarely in the middle

how he looks so protected as he shares

each individual 

The picture inside of a sterling silver frame

 

How far from the truth!

 

How cruel its aim to remind the unfortunate of

what life is supposed to have captured

to make the lonely enthralled  

no, even to become enraptured at

what they shall never reap

 

Oh! The fantasy they are selling

is as silly as a yak sitting on a

bar seat, tossing back order after

order of whiskey taken neat

 

The family of that sterling picture frame

is not a family at all

it is a captured lie

of mass production

no memories, no reality of that day

just a piece a paper to be thrown

away...

 

BABy(c)2011

Author's Note

just a bleak thought....knew someone who had no family and would keep the people of the picture inside of the frames......

Reviews

[POETIC VIXEN]

rated it

[MS. BABy]

hello wonderful muse...thank u so much for ur kind words

[Muse]

A photo in need of some TLC. What an imaginitive write.

no memories, no reality of that day
just a piece a paper to be thrown
away...
These images mean nothing without the memories to stand behind them.

[MS. BABy]

Good morning Sir E...and thank u for those kind remarks, I am glad u enjoyed

[Dunlack]

I enjoyed this piece...it really forces you to step outside of yourself and really observe how life itself is presented on the table before us...the reality

[MS. BABy]

thank u poetic beauty and Saint....

[Poetic Beauty]

There are many time photographs do not project the real and true image of what is going on in real life but there are times when it does. This is a good piece that makes you think about the photos that we see every day. It will make me wonder the next time I see one what their life is really like.

[Gilbert Saint]

Loving the pictorials and the wording and even the font, really brings out the poem.

[MS. BABy]

Thank u Chris...andd welcome to my world...Good Morning...I'm BABy and I will be over in your neck of the woods very soon

[Chris Taylor]

Wow, this poem shot arrow after arrow at the illusion of the modern american family and definitely hit it's mark well. Such great turns of phrase in this poem and a wisdom that can only come from the experience of someone who has actually "lived" their life. Very nice work.