Jock Elliott
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- Location
- Troy, NY
This came to me this am in the twilight between fully asleep and fully awake
Time Exposure
It’s garbage day.
I lead an expedition of cans and boxes to the curb.
Watch this, says Orion, sliding down an arc toward the rim of the world.
He flashes me from behind a wisp of cloud in a crystalline sky.
Three stars in his belt and a nebula below. I am transfixed.
I aim my camera at him, hoping to seize his grandeur.
Light travels trillions of miles,
Bends through glass,
Pummels a shard of silicon.
13 seconds.
The screen reveals a pale shadow of what I have seen.
As if ones and zeroes could capture what’s in my heart.
It beats gratitude for the beauty of God’s creation.
© 2013 Jock Elliott
Time Exposure
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It’s garbage day.
I lead an expedition of cans and boxes to the curb.
Watch this, says Orion, sliding down an arc toward the rim of the world.
He flashes me from behind a wisp of cloud in a crystalline sky.
Three stars in his belt and a nebula below. I am transfixed.
I aim my camera at him, hoping to seize his grandeur.
Light travels trillions of miles,
Bends through glass,
Pummels a shard of silicon.
13 seconds.
The screen reveals a pale shadow of what I have seen.
As if ones and zeroes could capture what’s in my heart.
It beats gratitude for the beauty of God’s creation.
© 2013 Jock Elliott