The Last Image

08/04/2021 – Poem a Day Compilation



If I’d known this would be

The last image I’d take of you,

Would I have made the effort

To take another picture?



It’s quite a nice picture:

You’re sitting on a bench

Hair flowing in the breeze

Half a smile on your face



You never really liked it:

The lighting wasn’t flattering

And you didn’t fancy that top

With that particular shirt



Now it’s all I have:

A moment in time

Frozen forever but

Captured in the blink of an eye



So, I don’t think I would

Take another picture of you

Because that’s the real you

And the one I keep in my heart

March Poetry Challenge (13th March, 2013)

A Picture of You

I look at your picture sometimes

But not all the time.
It lives in a draw by my bed
And I take it out every now and then.

It shows the twinkle in your eye

Your beautiful blue eyes
That I always thought
Looked just like your sisters.

Your hair was darker than hers, though,

Much more like your fathers,
Well, before it started to turn grey,
And well before it began to fall out.

Sometimes, I open the draw,

Only peering in before I close it.
In those moments the pain is too raw
And I want to scream and cry.

Other times, I take it out,

Hold it close to my heart.
And remember the happy times
That I never wanted to end.

Your laugh made me laugh,

Your smile made me smile,
And the conversations we had
That no-one else would understand.

I’m holding your picture now

On what would have been your day –
The day you came into our lives
And filled it with the joy of a lifetime.

And though I may shed a tear,

Not the first nor the last,
You will forever be in my heart

And always be my baby girl.