The photographer

Click! Click! Open, closed

the image to the light exposed

the image caught for eternity,

exposed for all who’d like to see.

Yet what you see, is not what I did -

You see a world under a lid

perfectly composed and staged

cropped, adjusted, as if caged.

I got to see the world expand

the sky unbridled over land,

I got to see the birds in flight,

I got to see the ocean’s might.

I witnessed love and joy and pain

I can testify to loss and gain

I saw that there was more to life

than mere existence without strife.

I went in search of life and found

the source where faith and hope abound.

With one foot in front of another,

the stranger’s face became that of a brother.

Click! Click! The moment is captured

but all those moments have my heart enraptured.

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
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