old pictures by ahsek novel

THOSE old pictures/in the family album/that captured the memories/at that point and hour/with time/become past reflections of who it was/age progression/skin tones/hair transformations/weight fluxuations/baby teeth/side angle gaps/wisdom molars/braces and acne prone places/different faces/cameras don't lie/there is truth in the flesh/for it is life that changes/and shifts through phases/images deflected/distorted/yet/our souls remain the same/smile/those new pictures taken/will too become old and faded/many unrecognizable glances/remembering the circumstances before photoshop/and facebook crops/original slides/that waited to be developed/images deflected/distorted/yet/our souls remain the same/smile/those new pictures taken/will too become old and faded/there is truth in the flesh