Sunshine and sandcastles,
warm hugs and gap-toothed grins.
Short skirts and high heeled shoes,
deep kisses and long-lashed smiles.
Memories colour a drab existence,
a façade over a pretty face.
Worn, wrinkled and age-faded,
behold the deceitful mask of time.
Written in response to Sadje’s What Do You See #36 photo prompt.
Image credit: Ariadne-a-mazed on Pixabay
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AMAZING WORK
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Thanks very much, Nancy!
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This hit very close to home. Well done!
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You know where I’m coming from 😉
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Indeed I do.
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Great job with the prompt!
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Thanks, Aashi!
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“Deceitful masks of time” … is so evocative. Excellent take!
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Thank you so much, Reena 🙂
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Wonderful closing lines!
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Thank you, Punam! 🙂
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You are welcome.
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The exterior may be looking a bit weathered nowadays, but the interior still knows how it used to look.
I like this, Chris.
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Ha ha, absolutely, that’s me, Tom! 😀
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🙂
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This is brilliant Chris. Love the two sides of the picture view.
Thanks a lot for joining in the challenge.
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Thanks, Sadje! Always a pleasure 🙂 The prompt took me rather close to home!
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I could feel that in your words.
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😀
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👍👍
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This is a good one! My favorite phrase is the “gap toothed grins” 😀
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…when those first baby teeth fell out, and there was sand in your sandwiches, ice-cream ran down your chin and you just didn’t care!
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Yep! Those were the days!😋
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😀
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Never forget those days. We should be thankful we’re still here…
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That’s quite true, Darnell. What’s a few wrinkles anyway? 😉
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Beautiful past snapshots that leap off the page! Great work, Chris 🙂
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Thanks, Tom! 🙂
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[…] Nostalgia […]
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I absolutely love this a very inspirational
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Thanks, Pauline 🙂
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Oh yes, that’s nostalgia alright. Beautiful, Chris.
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Back to the beach in my school raincoat and wellies!
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And if you swop the beach for an inland scene, I was right there with you1
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Woah, this is profound and very impressive work Chris, definitely keeping this one.
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Many thanks, Jude 🙂
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My pleasure Chris
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Amazing take on the prompt!
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Thanks so much, Eugenia!
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Awesome poetry. The last line is wonderful.
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Thanks so much, Kritika 🙂
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Wonderful!
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Thank you 🙂
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Oh, wonderful!
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🙂
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[…] Chris Hall […]
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Ha! So true.
Beautifully expressed.
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Thank you. The observation is so close to home for me! 🙂
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Beautiful
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Thank you 🙂
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