Capture the Moment
We all find ways
to cherish a moment,
the ones we wish
would last forever.
Some of us
snap photos.
A camera in our faces
every chance we can.
'For the memories'
some will say,
as they lay out albums,
photo string lights,
and frames
that line
every inch of wall,
and table
until it's a museum
in your house.
Others will write
as the words
come to them.
Notebooks,
diaries,
a pen and paper.
Words fill the page,
a record of the memories
that once were forgotten;
that others can't recall.
People will record
their voices
that tell the stories
like verbal diary entries.
Their words take them back
to a moment they forgot,
and tears find their face
as their heart aches
in fondness.
Videos will be taken
for everything you do;
birthdays, parties,
outings, and clubs.
You'll find the times
you laughed so hard
or tripped over your own feet.
The moment you met
someone who changed
your entire life.
Put it altogether,
and you find a documentary
capturing the moments
you wanted to hold on to.
A collection
of drawings
in their files
and sketchbooks.
Every person they've met,
all the ones that have left.
Moments that meant
the world to them.
Small, kind actions
they never expected.
Whatever made
their chest feel warm.
That person that posts
every photo they take;
every video,
and view,
and person they've met.
Quotes and books and music
given to them
by others.
The one that uploads
something every day
is actually creating
their online memory book.
We often wonder
what is the best way
to keep a moment
we don't want to end.
Times our hearts
were fond
and our smiles so wide
as happiness consumed us,
or little things
that meant nothing to them
and everything to us.
How do we keep
that moment
forever?
We capture it
however the moment allows.
In pictures,
writing, recording,
drawing,
and posting.
We capture the moment
so that it will live on
for as long as we want.
However it's done,
the moment is now
forever alive
in us
and anyone
we choose to share it with.
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