A Litany by Me...

Life is like photography, you use the negatives to develop. 

-Ziad K. Abdelnour

Life is like Photography,

you use the negatives to develop.

You are a camera,

you capture the good and bad qualities of life.

You are the 'click' of the button as they say "smile".

You are the laugh as someone makes a funny face.

You are not the commotion caught in a picture.

You are not the dirty smudge on the camera lens,

or the unsteady hands that shake with uncertainty.

Definitely not unsteady hands that blur the picture.

It is possible that you are the smeared light beam,

blocking the subject of the image I was trying to catch.

Maybe a fallen snowflake settling into the frame

right as I take the picture.

But you are no where near a rush a wind,

blowing millions of leaves into my shot.

With a quick eye, it is obvious that you are neither

the black and white in my first image of the day.

Nor the print of my finger on a developed picture.

You may be curious to know what I am.

Well I am simply the photographer.

I capture you in every shot I take.

I can also be the spectacle,

the spitting image of wonder,

the portrayal of sight and sound.

Furthermore, I am the waiting

and the patience for the right moment.

But do not fret, I'm not the camera that

captures the good an bad qualities of life.

You are still the camera.

You will always be the camera,

along with the 'click' of a button,

and the laughter at a funny face.