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A PICTURE

A picture holds a thousand words

Is a very big understatement

At least for those who were there.

It holds a moment frozen in time,

Where the idea in everyone's mind

Is captured in a moment's image.

A freeze in time

Where those photographed

Are documented,

In that second.

Where they stood

In what they wore

After and before what else happened

On that day.

Pictures are memories

Simply mirroring images 

Creating a stricken-down version.

Capturing the whole scene

With the smiles of those there

Others with tears.

But there you are,

Shining as you always had

Standing in the back

Smiling away.

Seeing you stand there drove my heart insane.

The lack of captured memories,

Snapshots in time

I have of you scares me

Because that was your role.