You're Still Pixels

I took a picture

it did not capture your entire life

it took the essence of that moment

and it captured your smile

the turn of your eyes

the cocking of your head to one side.

I've heard pictures

they can steal your soul.

I think they give you a piece of it

that very moment

you will remember longer then others.

It's within pictures

that we find we have changed.

Our hair and clothes with fashion

the light in our eyes changes hue

the way we feel about the world

I've heard pictures

they can steal your soul

I think this time they've given me a piece of it.

Thank you for standing still.

Goddamnit, you're still pixels.