NaPoWriMo Day 7

love poem to something inanimate

My Panasonic Lumix camera (16x)

It was there, in transit, I found you

irresistibly brown and on sale.

Your cousin had drowned in the tropics

and they told me you wouldn’t fail.

I took out my last-resort credit card

and into my handbag you slipped.

At home after hours of flying

the packaging was finally stripped.

And there were you, my darling

ready to focus and shoot

to teach me how to make macros

of insect and flower and fruit.

You’re slim and not very heavy.

There’s still things about you unknown.

Luckily, you’re inanimate, though useful,

so no problem if I leave you alone.

But sometimes I just have to tuck you

among the most precious of friends,

once more in my handbag transport you

to record what my Bad Wallet spends.

You’re the creator of many great memories,

you download with freedom and ease.

Your visions of sunrise and sunset

would bring any poet to their knees.

You’re my eyes, my creative companion.

Together we discover new views.

Explorer of the world in images

You’re my partner, my digital muse.