Capturing Light

Far from us 

from the green isle

came a picture 

capturing light

it squeezed my heart

until tears appeared

reminding me to see again

notice anew 

glance away

then back once more

watching

waiting 

for a moment when 

pouncing on possibility

I might

catch light
 too

Across the country

while mothering

and homemaking

another woman child 

chooses the way of love

capturing moments 

in a day 

when light radiates 

from her home

out of her heart 

into ours 

her way with light 

is fueled by pain 

I know this kind

of bright white light

she captures

it holds me captive

as I remember

forever lost are

those moments

before back when

I could not 

imagine them 

gone

Claire Burge and Kelly Langner Sauer are photographers. 

Both are artists - they share their gifts lavishly. I'm thankful when art provokes and compels me to notice more. I went out to the back yard and my garden shed, surprised at the light I saw with my new eyes. Courage is capturing it.