A Picture



They say a picture is worth a thousand words,
they say a picture is the truth untold to see, for all.  
I say a picture can never capture what you mean to me,
for it only holds a portrait of a thought, for a moment,
within a thousand of your untold love stories,
as we live for so long, so far apart.

A picture can never say, or hear, or feel,
what you mean to me, as the smile only
says a moment was saved for just me.  

A picture is not enough to say what God meant
the day He blessed me with the miracle of you,
within my womb, and my life, until He places us
again together, as intended from the beginning
of your life.  

You are the miracle in the picture God intended
for me to see.  Just for me, a picture, just for me!
A smile just for me!, A thought just for me!
You were made just for me!

About this poem

The Picture is poem which is a form of Imagery poetry yet Free Verse descriptive of what a Mother feels when looking at a picture of their child, irrespective of the child's age,

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Written on January 23, 2011

Submitted by pdrossmar on February 05, 2023

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Scheme XXAXXX XAA XXXXX XAAA
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 803
Words 180
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 3, 5, 4

Rev. Dr. Priscilla Dross C. Marcial, M.Div., D.Min. Cand.

A Poet, Photographer and Educator, has been able to enjoy ministry in many forums, however, poetry seems to be a way to communicate to loved ones in more than one capacity and venue the intentions of the heart, emotions, and true feelings, it is a valuable true gift. more…

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