A picture

Pretty pictures, smiles
Hide tears, and empty hearts
Photographs are just snippets  
A small moment captured  
The light and the hope
Which desolves away with the flash
 
A photo illustrates a miracle  
A lapse in reality  
Where smiles disguise
The truth
 
Momentary happiness  
Is trapped forever  
In pigments mirroring life
For no one can be eternally happy

Unrealistic delusions
 
Grins from ear to ear
Which fade  
Like water spilt on a photo
Distorting and destroying  
The smiles