Picture Perfect

Picture Perfect

The picture you like

Framed upon the wall 

Yellowed and crumbling 

Never to be again

The background masked

Behind lifeless eyes

You chose never to see

The frame--warped

Contorting reality & dream

The wind of the world

Fades into black

 Once bright colors 

 Fade into oblivion

Scenery once scenic

Now a nightmare

Fingerprints smudge 

the perfect picture

Into whirlpools of grey

Frame illusions

So clear of truth

Picture Perfect