#short #contemplative #onetake Voice is still a bit rough today, but not enough to stop me. Here's one that sprung from seeing a photograph which has been in the sunlight...

Your features are faded now Too long spent in sunlight Like an image blurred by technology Nature got there first

Hard to say what you were feeling Harder still to know The photograph was taken Such a long time ago

The world back then was different Probably no less strange It’s not that we were ignorant Ideas were harder to exchange, back then

And for all the talk of progress I wonder what we’ve gained Most people’s faces look the same Even the criminally insane

(c) words and music G Todd 2026