more than just a photo

i saw a perfect photo
just a photo of you
another amongst the
hundreds we take 
and take and post
these cell phoney daze

it's just a photo
just a photo of you
in your own unique
beautiful splendor
gazing determined
into an unsure future
assuring anyone
that knows you
that it will be... 

this one hit me
it struck a deep chord
of some imagined past
this perfect photo of you
    a mountain partizan
    a fedayee fighting
    for survival of a 
    faith and a race
    pulling out this photo
    frayed and faded 
    every cold night 
    to renew the will
    to fight on
this simple and perfect 
photo of you