You taught me about light.
How it pulls flowers
from the ground,
bursts into stars
on quiet nights,
and how
you have to catch it
quickly
if your camera
is in the trunk.
You showed me how light
can make a bed
become a cloud,
send sparks
jumping across sheets,
divide the cat in two,
and hover
in a circle
above your head.
You taught me about light,
but I wonder
if you know
the shadow
light leaves
when you unscrew
the bulb
and walk
away.

(From a Range of Light – The Americas, Nimrod International Journal Spring/Summer 1998 Volume 41 No. 2)

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