by Lou Ruggieri

Created on: April 06, 2011   Last Updated: June 12, 2011

In the moment we made a decision
To capture a simple second in time
A picture taken with no sincere vision
Or thought of what kind of future I would find

A set of smiles that soon faded
From vibrant to a somber shade of grey
How quickly I became so jaded
How slowly I let you walk away

Soon I only possessed that single frame
That held my favorite memory
The rest of my life fell into the flame
Burned up by lies, deceit, and jealousy

And now there's nothing anymore
Darkness clouds my lonely mind
I honestly don't know what tomorrow is for
I can't see a future, I can only rewind

The light of my life is gone from me
But her face still smiles back every night
Hanging, framed in perfect serenity
A frozen image, once my guiding light

But my how the tide has turned
As our roles have flipped so sure
A simple lesson I have learned
And the hardest lessons, always endure

Where once she looked out to me
It seems I'm now trapped behind the glass
Staring at a colorless life of misery
Forever focused on a world that has passed

In the moment we made a decision
To capture a simple second in time
I had never pictured such a pretty prison
Or thought I'd be trapped inside my own mind

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