Taking Pictures
SNAP
is all i've ever done,
taking pictures
FLASH
of everyone.

Private eye,
detective on scene,
CLICK
I flash the badge
and they all know
SNAP
just what I mean.

Pictures,
say a thousand words,
but not a single one
could describe the ones
that I've heard.

It's deeper than a thousand words,
even altogether,
it's more I iconic than anything,
heck it probably does one better.

It's a precious little memory,
of the time before,
it's to delay my forgetfulness,
if only for just a second more.

How old we've become,
that we need a reminder here or there,
how our mind tricks us some times,
and we look at someone familiar,
but all we are is confused, so we stare.

But a picture might help,
clear away the fog,
it's better than a journal,
and more loyal than a dog.

The pictures should have meaning,
all in its natural beauty,
you the taker,
have a rather solemn duty.

To preserve in history,
this moment in time,
where there is no reason,
there is no rhyme.
There simply is
that moment, the now
it really doesn't matter
matter how.
But let it happen
as it happens to be,
and maybe you'll remember
to jog your memory.

Pictures
let the cameras shutter and shake,
but thank God for these little things,
that we can even take
a small piece
of our memories.

Pictures.