The Unsung Cameraman

I am the cameraman. Always there, but seldom in the picture.

You might see my shadow. You might hear my laugh or my deep

voice I don't recognize. But you won't find me smiling in the frame.

Behind I am. Sometimes it's a thumb on the lens. Sometimes a blur

in the dark. Sometimes I forget the lid's still on. And sometimes I

even take a selfie by mistake. But I don't mind,

no worries about wasting Kodak film because I am the cameraman. The one behind

the moments, who catches the light before it fades, who sees the