Self-Portrait

Self-Portrait: Francis Bacon

Memories cast; black and white—

     images that once were clear

     begin to fade and disappear…

Life is a reflection

of everywhere we’ve been,

where we come from; who we are;

filled with introspection,

we can never start again.

Looking toward the light

profiled in the lens—

each deed and every sin;

colors fade with time,

only memories remain.

So what will the camera capture?

Who are we in the end?

What image left to ponder:

     a life full of regrets—

       or one filled with love and friends?

©    Ginny Brannan 2013

Written for The Mag #200. Image provided by Tess Kincaid, she provides the image, we the story!