In The Frame
I apologize, I did not mean
to get inside the frame.
You were capturing a
photo of your family
when I passed unwittingly
between them and the famous
lighthouse. It’s impossible
to avoid these days, when
everyone is photographing
everything all the time.
Many regrets, as well,
for intruding on your life by
falling for your wife. She’s
everything I’ve ever wished
for, and you seemed unaware
of her magic. I see no way
to remove myself, for this
is life, not a digital image
to be altered with a click.
To live is to swim
in time, floating
from past to future,
unlike a photograph
which is fixed, a static study
of a single moment.
I’m sure you’ll learn to swim
in new waters without her,
as she and I learn
to swim together.
You’ll always have the photograph,
and can easily delete me from that.
to get inside the frame.
You were capturing a
photo of your family
when I passed unwittingly
between them and the famous
lighthouse. It’s impossible
to avoid these days, when
everyone is photographing
everything all the time.
for intruding on your life by
falling for your wife. She’s
everything I’ve ever wished
for, and you seemed unaware
of her magic. I see no way
to remove myself, for this
is life, not a digital image
to be altered with a click.
in time, floating
from past to future,
unlike a photograph
which is fixed, a static study
of a single moment.
I’m sure you’ll learn to swim
in new waters without her,
as she and I learn
to swim together.
and can easily delete me from that.
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