Smile for the camera

move in on the side

try stepping backwards

thats it thats about right.

Then in the album

the photograph is placed

as the pages are turned

remembering the time

the place,

recall what was said

every word

every line.

Oh look at Uncle Henry

he never smiles

it was Auntie May

poking him in the side

telling hime to behave

that is why.

Shame it has gone

like so many there

never to come again

glad we have it here.

Then quick change

a different roll of film

another time

another place

and you all start again.

The parties

the holidays

those days in the garden

out in the Sun

out came the camera

everyone having fun.

So come on now

smile for the camera

before it is long gone,

those days of roll film

and family albums

are almost bygone,

everything has changed

lost that magic charm

a little sad

yet nostalgic

that some memories still remain.