I framed you in my lens
Father and daughter- friends,
I captured your style
I captured your smile,
Snapshots of you - part of me
Printed deep in my memory,
My album of life - at each stage
References you on every page,
I zoomed into your love - your essence
Was snap happy in your presence,
You captured my respect - my admiration
To love you needed no persuasion,
But now you are still - the shutter closed
Leaving me confused and exposed,
Forever captured in my lens
Father and daughter - dear friends
Painfully we must exist apart
But forever freeze framed in my heart.