PHOTOGRAPHS

Looking at photos of previous generations
Times gone by
Sometimes a revelation
You look, sometimes silently cry

Inevitably you cast your mind
back in time
but often what you find
makes no reason, no rhyme

People you seem to recall
You close your eyes
When you were small & they were tall
How time flies, the forgotten words, good byes

Life is full of colour
Yet so is black & white
Some of the photos despite their pallor
Bring back memories, sadness & delight

The best photographs are in the mind
Memories made are from there retrieved
Sometimes the best you will find
And without special effects or framed

So you can wander thru your life
Enjoy a photographic review
Of you as a child, your friends, children, your wife
Memories for some many for others few

As you go thru life keep your shutter open
Because the older you get the more need for light
Yet each picture will be a token
Moments of your life, fun, ecstasy or blight