Time Machine

Recreate a Photograph

Here’s a fun idea you should try,

It is simple and sweet, like a lullaby,

If you have a camera, and most do,

It will be an easy task for you,

If you have an old photograph you treasure,

Of family members or siblings just being together,

Maybe it was taken sitting around the kitchen table,

At the beach, in the backyard, or at the horse stable,

On an adventurous trip or just doing an activity,

Playing and laughing, enjoying festivity,

A gathering of people doing what they enjoy,

A young child playing with a favorite toy,

Once you find the image you like best,

See if you can reproduce it; put out a request,

If you can get the subjects of the old photo reunited,

You can produce a similar one; You will be excited,

To see the photo capture how time has transpired,

Position everyone just like before; props may be required,

I did just that with our three sons perched beside the ocean,

In 1999 and in again in 2014, 15 years of love and devotion,

It was like a time-machine, set into motion.

Tammy Harvey

Written:  12/30/2018