| CHARLIE'S PICTURE |
| THIS IS THE SONG THAT HAS BROUGHT ME MUCH INSPIRATION. MY FATHER TOLD ME, THAT AS A CHILD ( AROUND 5 YEARS OLD ) I USE TO LISTEN TO THIS SONG AND CRY. I CRIED EVERYTIME I HEARD THIS SONG!! THE WORDS MOVED ME AND I ALWAYS FELT NOTHING BUT SORROW FOR "CHARLIE". RECENTLY , I WAS DOWNLOADING SOME MUSIC FROM AUDIO GALAXY AND CAME ACROSS CHARLIE'S PICTURE. AS SOON AS I HEARD THE SONG, IT BORUGHT BACK MEMORIES OF MYSELF AS A CHILD, LISTENING TO MY FAVORITE SONG. IT STILL BRINGS TEARS TO ME EYES. HERE IS IT................MY BELOVED SONG..........CHARLIE'S PICTURE |
| A WINO WE CALLED CHARLIE, HAD A PICTURE, THAT HE WORE AROUND HIS NECK, UPON A CHAIN, BUT YOU COULD'NT SEE THE FACE, IN CHARLIE'S PICTURE, JUST LONG BROWN HAIR, AND A POEM IN THE FRAME, WE TRIED AND TRIED TO SEE, OLD CHARLIE'S PICTURE, BUT WE COULD'NT EVEN TEMPT HIM, WITH THE WINE, HIS SHAKING HANDS WOULD TIGHTLY GRIP, THE PICTURE, AND HE'D RECITE THE POEM , ONE MORE TIME, "YOU GRACE THIS FRAME, THE PICTURE OF PERFECTION, WHILE I'M THE PERFECT PICTURE, OF DISGRACE, AND UPON YOUR NAME, I SWEAR, UNTIL I'M WORTHY, I FORBID MY EYES TO LOOK, UPON YOUR FACE," OLD CHARLIE FROZE TO DEATH, ONE SUNDAY MORNING, WE FOUND HIM, AND I GUESS YOU KNOW THE REST, SOMEONE REMOVED THE POEM, FROM HIS PICTURE, AND THE CHILLING TRUTH, LAY FRAMED UPON HIS CHEST, AS I KNELT DOWN, BESIDE HIS BODY, THE PICTURE LAYED THERE BEFORE, MY ANXIOUS EYES, AND WITH TREMBLING LIPS, I WHISPERED THE WORDS OF CHARLIE'S POEM, AS I STARED INTO THE FACE, OF JESUS CHRIST, "YOU GRACE THIS FRAME, THE PICTURE OF PERFECTION, WHILE I'M THE PERFECT PICTURE, OF DISGRACE, AND UPON YOUR NAME , I SWEAR, UNTIL I'M WORTHY, I FORBID MY EYES, TO LOOK UPON YOUR FACE |