A Picture Un-paintable.

A Picture Un-paintable.

There is a picture un-paintable,

It hangs on a wall in my heart,

Beautifully ugly,

Like a lighthouse torn apart.

What eyes have seen,

Words cannot tell the half,

Dry blood and twisted steel,

Smiling children in a charred photograph.

Black stained walls,

A fragile heart torn open,

Red lights flash,

Underfoot the glass is broken.

I've seen a thousand faces,

Painted in my dreams,

Happiness and joy,

And sorrow mixed with screams.

There is a picture un-paintable,

It hangs by a nail in my soul,

Every brush stroke another tale,

Pictures pens have never told.

(c)

Stan Metcalfe B.A M.Sc 

A lot said in only a few words. Years of service can do that. Thankyou for that, not enough people know what we see and what it does to us inside. Retired 26 years of service. I still miss it, unable to explain it too anyone, it becomes a part of who we are....well done !! 🚒

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