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it’s a time-worn photograph
sitting on the mantel
gathering dust….
fading away…
it’s like an oil painting
except painted in black-and-white words
etched into lines of the old faces
and captured forever in the hopeful eyes of the young
the dusty picture from a long long time ago
sitting forgotten on the mantel
whispering its stories to the empty room
singing softly its songs of love and life into the night
yearning always yearning
yearning for someone to know these people lived
yearning for someone to care
a picture deserted and despairing
maybe I should take that portrait with me
no one is reading the picture painted in words
that was my life.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ © 2019 Susan Williams
The Picture Painted In Words
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