The Photograph

 

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THE PHOTOGRAPH

 

A photograph can speak thousand words; it can bring your past again in front of your eyes. A photograph can haunt you with long lost memories, since your photograph is not just a piece of paper but it's a part of you…

 

Today while I was shifting my home I found a very dirty and forgotten cardboard box. When I opened it, I found few of the things which were related to my past relationship and with the person whom I loved more than myself. I overlooked everything but then I saw a beautifully framed photograph of both of us which denied my heart to overlook it. It was clicked about three years back in a friend's house, at the time when we both just started with our relationship. But it felt like as if it was clicked just yesterday…

 

That photograph took me back in time. She was looking gorgeous and her eyes were shining bright. We were together and I can't express how happy we were. We wanted to capture each and every precious moment of ours and thus we clicked a photograph that day. Later on, after few months she framed that photograph and gave me as a gift. As I was watching the photograph I thought about that day and going back to my past again, but it is impossible. The photograph reminded me that once I was also even happy and used to smile but this world changed every part of me…

 

Everything has been changed now, our relationship is no more alive but yet I can still breathe her by my side. That corner of room where the photograph was clicked is just same with the same colour pattern but only we both are missing from it. I realized that now my past can never again become my future but as long as I'm alive I will keep my past in my heart.

 

A lot of people say to me that "Move ahead….", "Gone is gone" or "Your world is waiting for you"…

But they just don't know one thing that I have already lost my world in past, and now I can only live it again with memories and photographs.

 

So I kept that photograph in a safe place and continued to pack my things again, since it was not just a photograph but a mirror to my past and an inevitable part of me.

 

 

 

Reviews

[LlamaLord]

So very touching. Now, it seems as though your writing is much more personal and much more meaningful than before. The words you used to describe the picture were so exact, and so heartfelt, I wanted to read it over and over.
"She was looking gorgeous and her eyes were shining bright. We were together and I can't express how happy we were. We wanted to capture each and every precious moment of ours and thus we clicked a photograph that day."
I love those lines... It's is so strong. Filled inevitably with passion. When I look at pictures, I just can't see the things others do. I can't find much emotion. However, when I come across a picture of someone I loved/love, it means so much. I'm sure thats what you were feeling as well. Best wishes :)

-Austin

[Aria Broeka]

It is a beautiful idea. Your writing is very lyrical, as are your ideas. Photos as windows of the past and receptaces of memory, very beautiful. I think you have amazing potential, however, if you plan to publish I want to point out one thing. I believe I am right in assuming English is not your first language. Because of that there are some small slips in grammar and phrasing that, for me, interrupted the flow as I read.

[Jinx's Heart]

Very as a matter of fact yet with warm but sad approach. I agree with everyone else that it is lovely.

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awesome

[Natale]

Many others have commented on how wonderful this story is, beautiful and touching and powerful. I must agree. I loved it. Thank you for sharing.

[AK]

Beautifully written with an honesty and agony most everyone can relate to. There is one particular song I hear from time to time that takes me back just as your photo did. I still love that song, but it's difficult to listen to it now.
Thank you for sharing!

[just is]

Oh! My Goodness, I wanted to cry with this one, This is so touching, Pardon my French but Damn! you can pour out your heart and soul. I really admire your style and strength. How can you just pour out so much passion in your writes is beyond me, this really gripped my heart.

[Amanda]

"A photograph can speak thousand words; it can bring your past again in front of your eyes. A photograph can haunt you with long lost memories, since your photograph is not just a piece of paper but it's a part of you�"

a very true and disturbing reality, this opening paragraph to this story...the past never completely goes away, Bhavya, as you already know. in your heart and in your mind it is just like yesterday though it has been several years.

pictures will always bring back the memories, but it is what we perceive and how we react to them that can either give us great joy or great sadness...you given us both in this poignant and very personal view into your past.

a beautifully written piece as always, my dear.

Amanda

[Ladysue]

This was so nostalgic; so heartfelt and beautiful. Looking back and remembering the way things were and wishing they could be that way now is one of life's hardest endeavors. How that one special person has changed our life and can never be forgotten. You expressed this so eloquently with a tremedous amount of feeling that it touched me deeply. The line that struck me the most is...though I loved them all...

But they just don't know one thing that I have already lost my world in past, and now I can only live it again with memories and photographs.

An excellent and beautiful sentiment!

[Brianna Brie]

I realized that now my past can never again become my future but as long as I'm alive I will keep my past in my heart.
So I kept that photograph in a safe place and continued to pack my things again, since it was not just a photograph but a mirror to my past and inevitable part of me.

I just love your committed heart. Once there is love, you never deny that person's impact upon your life. This poem is more proof to that fact. Yet another moving write from you. Superb!

[Blue Rose]

I have read a lot of poems and stories about photographs and the nostalgic feel which they imparts on most of us, but this one really rocked my socks.
It is just so personal and direct, I so loved it.