the photo

the photo,
black and white was pinned
to a board in his den,
left behind,
once the room where he lingered
and stared
at all the things
he was, had become.
the diplomas,
awards, family and pets
long gone.
what would be, had happened,
now what?
but the photo, of a girl.
in black and white.
unsigned, undated,
was there too. her golden hair,
or was it golden?
did she have blue eyes or
brown,
who's to know.
and him, with glasses,
shyly beside
this flower, looking down,
at something,