PHOTO LOVE

I am staring at your picture
That I have in front of me,
It's the only way to hold you now,
The way things have to be..


I'm lost within this picture.
Oh, you I truly miss!
Upon this precious photograph
I gently place a kiss.


I stroke my fingers through your hair
And rub your silken skin.
But this is just a photograph,
So now the tears begin.


Soon, I will hold you for real.
But a 8 x 10 is all I see.
This picture will have to do for now,
Until you come home to me.

B.G. Wetherby