and then, there are the pictures

[pinerow]

© Ramón Piñero 8/31/2005


there are the pictures,
then you see
what else
is left behind.

there are
the yearbook
pictures that
would normally
bring a smile,
now they are
used to
identify the
dead.

then, there are
the pictures.
the mother
holding her
child.
the husband
squishing the
cake into
the mouth pf
his beloved.
now they
only help
to put a name
to the face
of the
floating corpse
the life
lost
a life
unfulfilled.

then, there are
the pictures.
of the
grandmother
and
her
daughters,
smiling
and laughing
in another time
in another
reality.

then, there are
the pictures,
the needy
stealing food
the looters
the criminals
the opportunists
the vultures
scavengers
feeding on
the dead,
picking
apart
the bones
of the
unfortunate.

then, there are
the pictures
the gap-toothed
tow-head
the corn-rowed
princess
the kindergarten
class picture.
all that is left
are the pictures.

then, there are
the pictures.
the smiling
faces
the loving
embraces
the glint
of mischief
in every child's
eyes,
the hope
of tomorrow
the promise of
life.

and then,
there are the
pictures.

[wildhorses]

1. Nice Ode to the victims of Katrina

:thumbsup: :cry:

[pinerow]

2. thanks...wish i had money to send instead of words...

nt

[JitterbugPerfume]

3. heart wrenching ,pinerow

how have you been?

[pinerow]

4. I have been well, thanks for asking...as you know, we've had a bit of a

challenging year, however, our misfortune pales in comparison to those in the wake of Katrina.