The Picture
Rev. Dr. Priscilla Dross C. Marcial, M.Div., D.Min. Cand. 1961 (New York)
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
Depicts imagery poetry in a free verse genre. It is illustrative of a mother in quest of her child and holds within it's imagery the desire to see their child in person however holds the photo dear to the heart of memories..,
Written on January 23, 2011
Submitted by pdrossmar on February 05, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 803 |
Words | 180 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 3, 5, 4 |
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