In a Picture

In a Picture

The way you looked

The way you stared

The way you laughed and ran your fingers through my hair

The way you smiled

I was beguiled

And in your cabinet my heart was promptly filed

We never knew

That there were rules

We thought that people out of love were silly fools

The way we held each other tight

And hoped we’d stay in that position for the night

I saw it in a picture

When we spoke

We’d laugh and joke

More than a day apart we thought we would explode

You’d hold my hand

And understand

The crass behaviour of a boy not yet a man

We loved to touch

I loved your smell

Your very presence could make heaven out of hell

Oh your eyes

Were open skies

In which my tortured soul would soar and long to dwell

I saw it in a picture

My mind was numb

I loved your bum

And all the other bits and pieces were such fun

The sands of time

Could not deny

The endless pleasures and the treats that were to come

Like dogs on heat

You could not beat

Us two apart with sticks or make us incomplete

And every day

We’d wake and say

How sad it would be if love ever went away

I saw it in a picture