Sepia

I'm sepia
(Not mellow, romantic, soft-focussed sepia)
I'm sepia
Dry. Brittleness, in stiff, thin card.

My starchy figure, caught
Motionless for eternity
Worried, concern
A trapped moment of chemical-soaked nature

The joy followed
With colour!
With light!
With soft, full embrace!

But, I'm sepia
Faded and worn
I'm sepia
Weathered by time's enriching line

The journey began
Love.
Life.
Love.

Still, I'm sepia
Never to sleep.
Colourless.
Neat.

Sepia

My hair got ruffled!
Your laugh sang through my every day
We began
Life began!

I was fluid in a moment of time
Our hearts thumping
The time of our lives
The life of our times

Sepia
Stained and still
I'd be sepia
Without you...