Exposure

1 “A best friend”

A bright flash enveloped my view, the photo capture permanent unlike the disposable nature of the camera that took it. I stood there like I knew I had nothing more to add, to that my new best friend stood beside me, and I couldn’t help wondering why I was of any interest to anyone but those who knew and had to put up with me.

Something clicked, and not like I hadn’t with those I loved.

That click was the button press of the shutter, a moment in time frozen in pose, a memory collected in the tangibility of a glossy 7×5 print that would later develop. The brightness resembled the moment an inkling of the illuminated future set a course in motion, maybe I had found someone that didn’t see me as something other than what I was, for what I was worth I had…