Lost Moment

From the breakfast table
the water in the pool glistens.
Cicadas call from underneath the trees.
A perfect moment 
inviting photographic skill.
Careful, measured movements,
camera in place, lens adjusted,
calm intentionality.
Click.
Fractionally, infinitesimally
too soon
the sun withdraws
scooping up the light,
withholding the witnessed scene.
Gone, all possibility of capturing
the cherished image;
a shining moment
in transition
commits itself to memory alone.

Janet Henderson © 11.09.14