Reflections of a Poet
The Photographer
The Photographer
(for David)
I love the sensibilities of the photographer
that allow him to know
just when to capture an image in his camera –
his abilities to at once consider
light and shadow, color and balance,
composition and focus.
Then a finger pushes the button,
and the shutter (the gatekeeper of light )
in an almost simultaneous
opening and closing, allows the light to enter.
And during this speck of time,
the universe is frozen in its tracks,
and there is preserved for eternity
a slice of its bounty,
while outside the frame,
the universe continues on ever changing,
ever remaining the same.
“The Photographer,” Copyright© 2018 by John D. Call