It's a photo
Wedding so happy
Or that's what everyone thought
As she sits by her love
With her saucy half smile
Hiding a million secrets
His hand at her side
Not touching her
Half-fisted and wrought
She died much too soon
Leaving an infant son
To grow up learning
Never to swoon
Daddy couldn't stand
Looking at him
Seeing every time
Her eyes
Again and again
The ghost of her smile
Reaching through
Parched edges
Looking past
Generational smudges
Peering in the heart of me
A constant reminder
To break the invisible chains
No one can see
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