A leaf floats in the sea.
In dirt, the water seeps.
Each one has a unique sound,
And each, foreign to me.
The scenes I fail to capture,
And never fail to miss
Drag me deeper into wonder
And deeper through abyss.
The exposure just gets lower,
And the darkness eats the flash,
And crashing down onto the ground
A shattered lens will thrash.
The shutter starts to flicker,
And the timer doesn’t last
As the wonders of the world
Become the wonders of the past.
Debris will fall on rubble
And stack into a heap,
And I’ll give up on my camera
And fall into my dreams
And in my dreams I’ll never fail
To capture every leaf,
Or every droplet,
Or every stone
As to me the world bequeathed.
The start, ends with a sea.
The focus of a man's camera
Tries to catch
What only the peripherals of his eyes
Could see.
