PICTORIAL MOMENTS
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"If I mess up once, try not to resent me. Everyone has their days.Remember the days that we went through a lot together..If you say those days don't matter, never forget the days I made you smile and if you really think about it and it still doesn't matter to you, I don't know what is.. perhaps. We never mattered."----- Just Ella Pictorial Moments
"If you have the time please, would you like to take a picture with me sometime??" It doesn't have to be a date, we don't have to spend too long with each other, I won't take much of your time with talks , it won't be a second or a minute or an hour, it will just be one picture.. of course, if you think the first one isn't good enough, we can always take another but for once, just one picture, that's all I want... I know it seems weird, a really bizarre question to ask but please, when next we see, if I forget, please remind me because this really means a lot to me, take a picture with me.. just one...
I have lot's of pictures of you, some I stepped from Instagram, Facebook and what's app but it's not the same.. having lots of pictures with of you and having just one picture of us are completely different things.. if a picture is worth a thousand words then one picture of us together is worth a thousand of both of us separately, even if we go to the same place.
Here's the thing, I like you, a lot. The fact that we're friends now means a lot to me. You never know what will happen the next second, it's amazing the power of time, the way it's elapse, I used to think it flies but it doesn't, it just pass by and one second can change our lives. One second is all it takes for you to pick that phone and you remain unreachable to me forever, one second is all it takes for your phone to switch off and I wouldn't know if you're dead or alive, one second is all it takes for our whole lives to be turned around, so please, do me this favor and leave me this.. one picture. Just one is all I ask, one picture of you and I, smiling, laughing, crying, frowning, I don't care.. just one...
That one picture that I will look back to and remember the day we took it and journey down memory lane, a picture for my heart to keep forever, memories may fade, the heart may forget, the head may not remember but the picture stays forever.. Why am I making such a big deal about it? Why do I want that one picture? Why do I want to treasure it so much, I mean.. we may not be that close, we just met yesterday, it's been ages since we spoke and you want us to take a picture? Yes! I do.
It's because, I believe that pictures, even if the time we spent together were limited and short lived, doesn't mean they didn't matter, good or bad they did and that's what makes it precious. What I love about pictures is that they capture a moment that is gone forever, a moment that is impossible to reproduce. When someone you love becomes a memory, that memory becomes a treasure and I want to capture that treasure in a picture, so would you grant me that honour and please take one picture with me when we meet again. If you ask me what is a picture, I will tell you that pictures are the reflection of memories, they are mirrors to the past,good or bad, that smile, smirk or frown or perhaps laughter is a reminder of what was once there..
Most times, you never know the true value of a moment until it becomes a memory and that moment should be captured. We didn't know we were making memories, we were just having fun but help me keep this memory in my heart forever and take a picture with me. A picture connects you to your past, a reminder, it tilts your memory towards the experiences you've had. Do you know, it's easy to recall the bad times that good times, phenomenon of negativity bias, and that's why it's important for us to take snapshots of the moments that we smiled to keep it vivid in our minds.
Time passes quickly, moments are fleeting, a picture is there to document that moment forever, it helps you hold on to memories and tell out story even if we're in different places, we're still under the same sky so we should remember. So this I ask you, "If you have the time please, would you like to take a picture with me sometime??"
****Just Ella****
Hey... If you're reading this, it means you read it to the end.. Thank you so much,it means a lot.. And I hooe you liked it.. Normally the schedule for tonight shohld have been a story but I just felt the urge to put these words down. Thanks again.. See you.. Tell me what you think you about it.. Please.ðŸ¤ðŸ¤
Wowwwwww... I am definitely stealing some lines.. This is amazing, I wasn't bored for one minute. So glad I read this tonight.
ReplyDeleteKristen
Woooow this is extremely amazing!
ReplyDeleteI'm dazed onto things I haven't stumped on before.. Your words are inspiring..
My bad! I stole some words to my brain(smiles).
So glad I got to read this tonight.. Ella keep on the sound blowing..
Olashile
Nice one Ella, keep it u...
ReplyDeleteLovely, sometimes a good memory lies withi us and taking pictures together bring about good memories so some days I will find you and memory alway remains... Just Ella
ReplyDeleteA picture date? That a real thing? Well, if it is,seems like there's a bunch of people that I need to ask. Cute
ReplyDeleteSa'ad
I'm so glad this was written, I like taking pictures a lotlot. My friends think I'm over doing it most times but I really just want to savor every moment with them.. Bad stuffs rampant, you never know what might happen. Nice line tho, will use it, perhaps I'll be less weird when���� I take pictures
ReplyDeleteChristopher
Nairobi
Thank you.. I take pictures a lot too.. A reflex kind of thing.. It's just this urge to savor each moment. Its a nice thing..haha.. Glad I'm not the only one..
DeleteOmoshiroi. Finally a place to be
ReplyDeletePictures indeed create moments and memories...nice one!
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