A seemingly ancient photograph
Capturing a perfect moment in time
Eternalising our friendship
Sealing us in our prime
A photo taken in the spur of the moment
As an attempt to follow a new "selfie" trend
Within the seats of a worn down minivan
We all sat and laughed as friends
At the young ages of 11 and 12
Still quite young and naive
We drove around the endless fields
Laughing and singing as we were free
We called ourselves The Gang
Though we rarely did anything wrong
The six of us were so close back then
It was the only time I felt like I belonged
Stopping the car behind the willow tree
With its branches drooping low
Rays of sunlight shining down
But at that time we didn't quite know
Let's take a picture
A black iPod touch
Was the thing to capture this moment
we all posed with the peace sign
In time we are forever frozen
This picture that at the moment meant nothing
It was all just meaningless fun
But now we see that during that time
It was the last day that we were together as one
Our lives have all gone different ways
In complete opposite directions
We haven't seen each other in years
We no longer hold that same connection
The photograph sits within my room
My most treasured possession I own
etched into the bottom of the frame
The words that we once promised
We'll meet again someday
This is honestly a picture taken so long ago that I can barely remember it,
2012 and having no clue how to take a selfie