by Lea Zimmerlin
MS, USA
When you take a photo you capture something
That something is:
time
And when you look at that photo ten or so years after you took it
It looks like you are looking at a stranger
When in reality you are looking at yourself
From a different time
From when you were making bad choices
Doing things you weren’t supposed to do
And when you look at a photo of your friend group
From when you were 13
You look at it and wonder
When was the last time you saw them
And some you remember you will never see again
And some you remember they will never want to see you again
That is what a photo is
An emotion captured for eternity