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

[Raven Starhawk]

A wonderful masterpiece filled with stunning words. ^^* Actually your poem as a whole is stunning. Its imagery is indeed a classic.

[Jeremy Baker]

Very bleak but also quite apt in a way. Intriguing!

[November Gold]

this was so sad, but you know, so very true. I knew someone who used to do the same thing, how tragic is that? To feel so alone that generic pictures of faces you know not are somehow comfort. Wow. Sometimes I look at my old portraits from when I was married tho and feel that same sense of false-ness, like I was trying to sell an idea, an image of what happy was "supposed" to look like when inside I was screaming. This was a very real look into sadness and I felt it. Great write!

[Gobinder Singh Dhindsa]

This is really very good writing. I like whole poem. Keep it up!
Do you read mine too "ANGUISH"
God bless you!

[MS. BABy]

smiling...

[POETIC VIXEN]

CAUSTIC....

[SoulCrusader (Yas)]

A brutal and honest right that is so spot on,awesome :)

[MS. BABy]

i thought u would like this chris...thank u very much

[MS. BABy]

hello Thrinna, and thank u very much