Pictures

Pictures 

say a thousand 

words. 

They tell the story 

of days gone by and 

predict future joy. 

Moments frozen, 

captured in time. 

Forever framed and hung to 

share the story 

of what was and was to 

come. 

Pictures don't tell

the secrets 

of those who reside

inside. 

They don't tell the 

silent stories 

no one wants to share. 

They hang on walls and 

display the 

smiles and 

laughs, 

but no one 

takes the picture that 

shares the 

pain. 

No one takes the ones

that show the tears, 

and the fears

of what will 

no longer be. 

No more will they be 

the family that 

they were. 

No longer will they be 

the couple 

that everyone thought 

they were. 

Pictures say a 

thousand words...

but each one 

is a lie. 

A betrayal of 

the truth. 

Pictures only show

what one wants 

the world 

to see.