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We're faking. Happiness lasts but a second. That fragile fleeting moment before the click of a shutter. It fades away after your eyes stop stinging. Sometimes, the sky is so blue that it hurts. I can't ever reach it with these hands. I wonder if we were ever really happy. I try to capture your smile. But this camera is old, slow. We're breaking. Photo frames slips off walls, non-existent. I hide inside corners of doors, my hands shielding my ears. Angry voices shake the foundations of this house. These photographs were only a mere second of our whole lifetime. But they aren't exactly telling lies. We were happy once.
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Feb 10, 2012
Feb 10, 2012 at 11:51 AM UTC
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We're faking. Happiness lasts but a second. That fragile fleeting moment before the click of a shutter. It fades away after your eyes stop stinging. Sometimes, the sky is so blue that it hurts. I can't ever reach it with these hands. I wonder if we were ever really happy. I try to capture your smile. But this camera is old, slow. We're breaking. Photo frames slips off walls, non-existent. I hide inside corners of doors, my hands shielding my ears. Angry voices shake the foundations of this house. These photographs were only a mere second of our whole lifetime. But they aren't exactly telling lies. We were happy once.
NightMoth
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Feb 10, 2012
Feb 10, 2012 at 11:51 AM UTC
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