Pictures of Life

Lying on my bed, I gaze above me

At all the faces I so adore.

Pictured on my walls for all to see

 The scenes from my life, one can explore.

A girl with dye on gloved open hands;

One who, being silly, pretends to roar;

Two friends skip stones while on golden sands,

They share their laughs at the Erie shore.

Beneath, a girl in a short white dress

Still sports the lucky green socks she wore.

Girls at a dance dressed to impress;

Others try on glasses in a store.

Towards the top there is a guy in drag

(playing truth or dare is never a bore).

I’ve got this all, I don’t mean to brag,

But looking up there is so much more.

I have captured green eyes that amaze

And mermaid hair that one can’t ignore.

With old Barbies, another girl plays;

They’re messily strewn across the floor.

You see all my siblings at a glance;

A shadow heart spells out our amour.

Nineties tunes make my three besties dance;

Most of the pics have all of us four.

And so I lie here and look around,

The best moments from now and before.

And so then I rise without a sound,

Grab a camera and head out the door.