pictures are deceptive
because they don't capture
the sound of your laugh,
or the way your eyes light up,
or the blush spilling across your cheeks
when you're embarassed.
pictures are deceptive
because they don't let me feel your breath
on my skin,
nor smell the shampoo from your hair.
pictures are deceptive
because they show me one
tiny, fleeting, minuscule
frame of you-
so shallow and superficial, when i know
how much more there is
to see