Time means nothing here


from the ABC set second chance

Death had been here, do you remember?
How we had scrambled the wall
spotting the shore below.
Encountering a tribute laid in stone
recalling the cut- short life
of a teenager unknown
Still, this was a happy place,
provoked abandonment,
Unravelled a history, timelessness .
I could sense the laughter,
movement and song - long expired beach fires,
whoever loved this place lingers,
parties still go on.
You were poised on rock,
capturing the perfect photograph,
while I was chasing driftwood,
collecting pebbles, turning
to laugh at the camera
trained at my head. Yours
are the only pictures of me
I like. The trick, you said
is this:I take the moment,
and the camera does the rest.

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Comments

Curse of 222 | June 2, 2009 - 21:01

"Yours
are the only pictures of me I like. The trick, you said,
is this, I take the moment, and the camera does the rest."
these are very nice lines. you've done well capturing a moment.

jason

sarah wilson | June 4, 2009 - 14:15

A lovely piece. Nice work!:) Sarah

DraxB | June 5, 2009 - 11:22

superb. a well earned cherry.

sunshine | June 5, 2009 - 12:32

Ditto all the above. I love the opening line. Margot