The Poetic City: “Just Passing By”

Dew drops that New Orleanians know very well (photo by: Jon Sullivan)

Just Passing By

An inconsequential drop of dew

Hanging from the tip 

Of a cypress branch 

Over a placid bayou

Traps a particle of light 

As it rides the wave 

Of a thermonuclear explosion

Ninety-three million miles away

Transforming the drop 

Into a diamond of brilliance

That captures the eye

And enlightens the heart 

Of one who happens to be

Just passing by