Faded Photo
Posed in front of a shed,
a small wooden playhouse,
four children remain frozen.
Two sit on the step:one boy, one girl.
She, in a short, pale-pink dress,
her smile two-year-old simple.
His hair won't lay down,
his face set in a distracted stare.
The two older boys
stand to either side
in stripes and plaid
grinning wide
one dark brown and one ginger-carrot
unaware, at five and seven,
that half-lives exist.
Samantha Gay (used with permission)
3 comments:
Very nice.
Her poems are so great!
Very touching, descripyive poetry !
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