Shutter

Be still.
Look around you.
Expand your gaze.
Extend your panorama.
Embrace the image.
Freeze the frame, lock in this moment, memorize these faces, feel these hearts and minds radiate beneath your skin.
This moment
fleeting
ephemeral
elusive.
A brief catch in your breath
this time of your life.
Savor the feeling and hold this instant in your palm
gently
while it flutters
beating back against your tightening grip
threatening to escape.
Hold onto it while it tugs at you to release it into the breeze
soon a swirling wind
kicking up behind you
as you turn to take flight.

For Fisher Fellows closing dinner: Dallas, 2/15/2010
Linda Belans