What Used to Be

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Captured

Still as a moment

You see the pictures

Of what used to be

The past captured in a small rectangle

Colors that caught your eye

Your smiling face

That had changed over the years

Looking young

Then looking old

Captured

In one shoot

Reminding you

Of what you thought would happen

But never did

A fun childish person

Stares back at you

A tear falls down

Onto the old picture

But it's not from you

It's from your mother

Who is crying

Because she didn't expect this

She didn't want this

Then you wish

That you could change it

And tell the person in the picture

So they won't make th same mistakes

And they'll know what will come

What challenges they will face

Your mother stops crying

And gives a sweetly sad smile

And in a voice as a whisper

Reassured you

It's not your fault

It was never your fault

No one can predict

Of what would be

But everyone can remeber

What used to be

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