Cypress Branches Literary Journal - Lamar State College-Orange
Cypress Branches Literary Journal - Lamar State College-Orange
Cypress Branches Literary Journal - Lamar State College-Orange
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Poetry – First Place<br />
Seen through a Lens<br />
Ariana Rain McCaughey<br />
The more I fall in love with it<br />
The more I become lost<br />
With each snap of the shutter<br />
I fall deeper under its spell<br />
With each perfect timeless moment I capture<br />
I become trapped in an insane sort of love<br />
A love only seen through a photographer’s lens<br />
Each smile, each burst of laughter, each pondering moment<br />
Sends ecstasy soaring though my veins<br />
I can’t stop myself<br />
It’s like a drug that is constantly flowing through my system<br />
There is no known cure for this kind of disease<br />
There are no patches or special gums<br />
There is no “real” treatment<br />
Only things we can do to lessen the urges<br />
Which is strange, but the answer is to do it more often<br />
As much as you can<br />
It haunts me every day and sometimes into the night<br />
Driving down the familiar roads<br />
Places I have seen since the day I was born<br />
But now as I look upon them<br />
They are different<br />
So much more different<br />
I start to notice things that weren’t there before<br />
It’s the new way I see the world now<br />
Through a lens<br />
Noticing every minute detail about each location<br />
Thinking of the amazing things that could happen there<br />
The red and yellow of falling leaves in the mid day’s wind<br />
The rustic look of an ancient barn<br />
Then I wonder, would anyone notice if I were to trespass<br />
Would they care?<br />
Could I steal that perfect shot without getting myself into trouble?<br />
A picture is worth a thousand words<br />
And I want to own an infinite number of them<br />
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