A Picture Poem by Nestor David Armas

She's always there
Staring back
I'm always here
Looking at her,
She's faintly smiling
I'm vaguely crying,
Every time I look up
Her eyes meet mine,
I want to push her away,
Out of my world
But she just sits there
Stubborn and relentless,
She won't leave me be,
Won't let me wipe my slate clean,
Start again with the thoughts;
I laugh at the memories
She just keeps on reminding me,
Never looking away,
Without a word between us;
I caress her frame;
It's but a picture letting me not forget;
Keeping her alive in my heart...