Memory Catcher

Midnight black box,
small delicate buttons.
Your coal-black neck strap
the word “Nikon” in
fluorescent yellow writing.

Your circular lens helps
take perfectly zoomed photos.
strip of film inside you
holding all of my memories.

You are my memory-catcher,
my hero, you hold my heart.
You know everything to know.
With you in my hand I know
it all too.

When I hold you, I see
a clear world. A world
with no violence. Full of
beauty. A world that needs
my help. I know this now,
because of you.