Paul Gerard Reed

Pictures

\"I\'d rather see the world the way it used to be\" 

from \'Goin\' Back\', Dusty Springfield - 1966

 

The pictures on the mantlepiece

I am lost in them

It feels too much to bear,

I can see me in those pictures

I am looking back at me

I am there, but not there;

 

And you - you are there

But now you\'ve grown up

It is too much to bear,

I can see you in those pictures

You are looking back at me

You are there, but not there;

 

It\'s not fair to hold you back

No-one held me back

Life dictated it so,

And as my heart breaks

And my tears fall

I know I have to let you go.