Photographs

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Photographs

I gazed over the windows, just a porch with wet leaves

As I set my mind sailing in such a rainy night, I

Was dying  in sober.

Stranded widely  away to nowhere

Till i found the lights were all off caused by blackout

It was dark, so i prepared a candle and made up a light in my living room

I walked carefully but my feet  hit  an unclosed cupboard

And found those paper popped out from it

Photographs

Took me away,

Back to those moments when

I could see the curves  positively toward the camera

                Warm like a sunshine in summer paradise

He used to

Smile mostly and brought it all the happy memories

Laugh sometime just to show how happy he was when we all gathered up around

My father

                Those photographs reminded me

                To always say “Thank you for being around”

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Time took more than expected

Second by second, minute by minute, hour, day, month, year....

Rain kept tearing

Outside inside

And I didt notice a candle has its time to enlight against the darkness

So do I

So do I

And when the teardrops fell

Upon those photographs

The candle was off

Leaving me with the remain feeling of missing someone.