The almost shot

This is today's daily poem which I almost forgot to post coz it also went with the daily photo.

The almost shot

Here I had stood

in the gathering dusk

pointing my camera

at a passing train

There you had been

looking up from the newspaper

out the train window

directly on to my lens

Our gazes had clashed

on the viewfinder

and I had stood dumbstruck

forgetting to click

The train had swiftly

whisked you away

and the moon had dropped

into waiting trees.

And I had walked on

train rumbling in the distance

trying to fill the emptiness

of a shot not quite caught