Family Photograph ..... Krystle Noyes

Family Photograph

Krystle Noyes

Cheese! Happy Smiles. The perfect photo and the perfect family. Mom and dad hold hands. Brother and sister look at each other lovingly.

Click!

Ok eve,yone that's it

Hands drop, smiles fade. Out comes the war paint, the battle lines are drawn. Brother pushes sister. Mother and father shout.

The sister hides away, plastering the battle wounds. She hides in black so she can escape, she can be herself.

The brother victorious, showing just a couple of scratches. He parades his scars to feel like a man.

The mother loses her temper and strikes out. She cannot hide under the strain anymore.

Then there's the father who is like a general. He was once the tower that held us all.