(My apologies for a double send on this one. A goof up on my end caused me to lose the poem from my collection.)
I face the camera and
witness the care taken
to set the scene:
a chair moved, a plant
placed here, now there,
lighting adjusted, inched forward,
then further to the side.
He checks and rechecks,
through the camera lens—
the eye of the artist
designing the scene, with
shadow, dimension, and interest.
I read poems to the camera,
and to my son, as his vision
moves from the lens to me,
with careful observation.
I arrive at the last word,
hold my gaze to his smile
and to his eyes, intent on mine,
as his speak of love and care,
to let me know we are done—
it is a good take.
I observe my son’s talent,
feel held in the palm of safe keeping,
son to mother. I experience the shift of time,
to when I offered an observant eye to him,
as he toddled, and I moved objects
that could harm or topple his way.
I now let go into his craft, as we each
offer our artistry to the other,
woven through time, they now unite,
dance together, create.
“To be creative means to be in love with life. You can be creative only if you love life enough that you want to enhance its beauty, you want to bring a little more music to it, a little more poetry to it, a little more dance to it.”
Osho
“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.”
Albert Einstein
“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost.”
Martha Graham
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