A camera captured it

My smile and yours

Ten months ago —

Against a leafy wall,

Next to a barely used pavement.

The wall is still there,

The plants are still alive-

Alive and green

And I am still breathing.

A camera captured it.

It was a bright, rarely seen smile,

You had praised it.

And I was happy,

And I was crestfallen,

The war you never fought

Went on in my head.

A camera captured it.