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Monday, August 31, 2015

If she only knew







Celluloid traps

As I trace the lines
Of your existence 
Old celluloid traps
Encasing all
That is left of you
If a picture
Is worth a thousand words
A simple memory
Of you
Is priceless

Chris McQueeney ©2015


Image credit:Peonies, William Merritt Chase, 1897 This is being linked to The Mag 283



6 comments:

Marion said...

Beautiful & touchingly evocative. xo

Ankita said...

last few lines are too good! very lovely :)

Berowne said...

In a word, remarkable...

Sandra said...

priceless...yes!

rosey pinkerton said...

Oh my goodness, how romantic.

Other Mary said...

Not a word wasted. Priceless.