What is a family picture? <br />Is it all for real? <br />Are the people that you see <br />pretending they don't feel? <br /> <br />Can you see their anger? <br />Can you smell their fear? <br />Do you sense unhappiness <br />in the picture that's so clear? <br /> <br />We're trying to be perfect, <br />to look a certain way. <br />A family picture says so much <br />when there's nothing nice to say. <br /> <br />You plaster on the fake smile. <br />You put your arms 'just so'. <br />You show the world your family <br />without letting your family show.<br /><br />Mary Nagy<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/family-picture/
