A PICTURE NEVER LIES (A POEM)

A picture never lies;

It knows not to flatter.

Time’s passage and ravages,

Beauty’s decadence and decline

Mean nothing to this chronicler

Whose function is only to record

For archival purposes moments

Of importance, historical and personal.

But still a picture is momentous;

Its loveliness increases every moment

From inception to infinity -

Recording for posterity a legacy

Of Truth, fidelity and permanence

To hold before men of generations

How we all live, love and depart

Leaving only pictures behind!