Photograph: Brenda Arledge Poetry Prompt Response 33
Alyssa is an avid reader, writer, and coffee enthusiast. She loves sharing thoughts, ideas, and creative writings with the world.
Well hello there. Happy October! How are you enjoying Fall? I thought I was ready, and then it started getting cooler. It was then that I realized, no, I don't want to say goodbye to summer. Hahaha!
Anyway, as I was getting my workout in this afternoon, I heard a song and I instantly became inspired to write the following poem. Pausing my workout, I let the words flow and within the hour I was finished. Luckily, I was able to tie it in to Brenda's latest prompt, week 33 - photograph. I changed a line to make it work. I have a fun idea for cloud, but I'm still trying to figure it out where it's going. Wish me luck.
I hope you enjoy reading! Have a beautiful Sunday!
Photograph
Once upon a time
it was just
you and me
living on
dreams
we didn't have much
but I had you
you had me
And it was
like the movies
happened so fast
up on stage
millions of voices
echoing our words
adoration
applause
affluence
everything
we ever wished for
And I had you
you had me.
But fame is addicting
temptation too sweet
and isn't true
people with power
forget their roots?
The future is now
in him
in her
art imitates life
and it was all a pretty lie.
I guess
we knew all along
this was far from a fairytale
there's no happy ending
old hands clasped together
swinging on the porch
a faded dream
like the crinkled photograph
on the counter
when I had you
you had me.
Was it worth it
I ask myself
each night
staring up at the stars
legacy lives on
our words last forever
hanging on the notes
playing through the speakers
millions of voices
echoing our deepest thoughts
adoration
applause
affluence
everything
we thought we wanted
before we realized the cost.
© 2021 Alyssa
Comments
Alyssa (author) from Ohio on October 13, 2021:
Thank you Brenda!
Alyssa (author) from Ohio on October 13, 2021:
Thank you Bill! That means a lot!
BRENDA ARLEDGE from Washington Court House on October 11, 2021:
Alyssa
A wonderful poem depicting a love once adored.
Thinking how simple life was in the beginning before the fame hit with it's temptation.
Now realizing it was not meant to be, but those memories are frozen in time.
(Just like your camera in the freezer)
Great writing.
I posted a link earlier.
BRENDA ARLEDGE from Washington Court House on October 11, 2021:
Hey there...I'll read and comment on this one later.
I got to go to doctor.
See ya afterbit.
Bill Holland from Olympia, WA on October 11, 2021:
Any possibility of you losing your talent in October is now laid to rest. In fact, you just keep getting better!
Happy Halloween my scary friend!
Alyssa (author) from Ohio on October 10, 2021:
Thank you Umesh!
Alyssa (author) from Ohio on October 10, 2021:
Thank you Pamela!
Alyssa (author) from Ohio on October 10, 2021:
Thank you so much Janis!
Umesh Chandra Bhatt from Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, India on October 10, 2021:
Alyssa, you have composed it from your heart, so nice, beautiful. Blessings. Have a good time.
Pamela Oglesby from Sunny Florida on October 10, 2021:
A lost love is a good topic for your poem about a photograph. I had similar thoughts. I enjoyed reading your very good poem, Alyssa. Thank you for sharing it.
Janis Leslie Evans from Washington, DC on October 10, 2021:
Great work, Alyssa! Even the format spoke to the story as the words ran downward, punching fast, so much so with relationships we get caught up in and fall fast. The images are brilliant as well. I read it twice!
Alyssa (author) from Ohio on October 10, 2021:
Thank you so much John! I need all the luck I can get haha!
John Hansen from Gondwana Land on October 10, 2021:
What an excellent poem you have written here, Alyssa. It certainly fits Brenda’s “photograph” prompt. I love the image of the camera in the refrigerator too. Wishing you luck with the “cloud” prompt as well.
