A Stolen Image

shadows left behind
a fingerprint on time
stay to tell us what
it was you knew
in that photo long ago

a stolen image of you
a side view
cigarette dangling
smoke hanging
a silhouette
in an empty room

a black and white moment
another view
silence frozen
you were chosen
no questions
no judgments made

time blinked and put you there
in shades of haze
a soft texture
a complex mixture
of private thoughts
and colors within

an outside glimpse of an
inward look
no light escapes
photos fades
of memories made
one exposure
a shadow and you