Photographs Only Show So Much

 

Here she comes

Defiant

Like always

Her dress is purple

Over the top

But pretty

Floor length

Its princess day

The last day of freshman year

Why not go out with a bang

After all it’s the last day

She sits down on the stool

“Turn your head...no a little farther”

She rolls her eyes

She’d rather be behind the camera

Than in front of it

“No...Back again”

“Make up your mind” she snipes

“Perfect, now smile”

Her smile was far from perfect

She should have had braces at a young age

But the time for that was past

So she smiled with her lips closed

“That’s not a real smile” said the woman behind the camera

“Well it’s as good as your going to get”

The dress was crushing her lungs

I’m never wearing this thing again she thought

“All done” said the woman glad to be rid of her

She let out her air

Scuttling off to the locker room

So much for going out with a bang she thought

She pulled on a grey hoodie and a pair of jeans

Stuffing the dammed dress in her bag

She smiled

A real smile

Teeth and all

No dress

No awkward pose

Just a girl

Finally free of her prison

 Now, where was that photographer when you needed her?

Reviews

[melissa]

Amazing poem keep up the great work