The Poetic City: “Just Passing By”

Jul 23, 2018 • Creative Writing, Fine Artist, People

Dew drops that New Orleanians know very well (photo by: Jon Sullivan)

Just Passing By

An inconsequential drop of dew

Hanging from the tip

Of a cypress branch

Over a placid bayou

Traps a particle of light

As it rides the wave

Of a thermonuclear explosion

Ninety-three million miles away

Transforming the drop

Into a diamond of brilliance

That captures the eye

And enlightens the heart

Of one who happens to be

Just passing by

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