27 January 2026

Reverse Photography

I don't remember when
I took that photograph.
It looks like a selfie, but
It isn't when I look closely.

My eyes are blue.
The tip of the nose is red.
Why do I have profuse
Hair on my head and

Where the eff is my
Moustache?

Did the pic blink just now?
I looked closely into the eyes-
Our eyes got locked.

Why can't I blink?
Why am I frozen?

Suddenly, I'm thrown 
Away, and there's snow
Everywhere.
It's hot and the snow
Doesn't melt.

My footprints vanish 
As soon as I make them.
People pass through 
Me without asking 
My name.

Wasted, abandoned.
Feeling like I'm being 
Systematically erased.
I shout, but my voice
Seems to go nowhere.

That's when someone 
Takes out a camera in
The distance-
Click. Click. Click.

The flashes go out-
Like light is being
Eaten away.
The camera,
Sucking in memories-

The cameraman says
"This is reverse photography."
"You're in a whirlpool 
Of oblivion".-
Smile please!

Click. Click. Click.
My face disappears.
I don't feel my skin.
No sensation in my feet.
But there's this strange 
Feeling that screams-

Am I no one or
Everything?