Photograph

Light playing upon darkness,

a futile attempt

at dodging death

Every line, each gesture kept

past the need for embalming

or surviving the present

Smile frozen in pretence,

reason lost in the void

between moments

An artifice snapped out of the past,

chasing the present

for memory's sake

Say cheese or whatever you may,

eyes speak louder than teeth

bared between lips

Eyes cold and grey

failing to hoodwink reality

years down the lane