STOLEN SUNLIGHT

that summer
the heat felt now
even from this photo

you looking in a window
I now looking in the window
of this faded photograph

I look at this photo
even in the dark
the Braille of your laugh

invisible
to Time
the me taking the photo

that 1950's summer
the sunlight stolen
trapped on paper

trapped on paper
your laughter
and its reason

the invisible me
making the visible you
smile for the camera

faded photo
the sunlight stealing back
its light