Points of view, lines of sight

[netpositive]

Just for today
I will respect both
my own and others' boundaries.

Walking to the Metro this morning,
the hard March west wind freezing face and hands,
gusts forming construction dust into shotgun blasts.
Good thing I tend to wear glasses on Fridays.

Sometimes you give so much light to me.
More often, you simply help me to see it -
what is new found, what was already there.
I look in, look out, look around, look up,
adjust the viewfinder, check my exposure.

It's okay to use a tripod to steady things
when the winds are wild and strong,
when the light is difficult or weak.
Whatever gets you through the night - or day -
yes, it's alright. Don't discard what is working
for you just because someone else doesn't get it.
Should I throw away my glasses, so I can't see at all?

Overexposed, incandescence may burn into the eyes.
Underexposed, fine details are likely to be lost.
Yet each can be used to achieve a desired result.
Two points joined create a line; many pixels, an image.
If we could connect the dots together, what results then?

Let me be a coat of comfort to wrap yourself in,
a blanket of security against the cold and the dark,
a hint of an outline of a ghost of a presence espied nearby.

It takes so little for me to give you so little, you see.

Just for today
I will balance others' needs
with mine.