A New Look at an Old Leaf

A friend took a picture,
As we all do, 
But with care, and considered
Lighting. 

It was a picture 
Of a leaf that another
Friend gave to that
One. 

The upper right is dark,
But twinkled, roughly
Textured, veins pricking
Out.

The lower left, light, white,
Bright, but also twinkled,
Also roughly textured, a simple
Photograph.

When I saw it, wall mounted and
Enlarged, I gasped at my friend’s
Shaping a leaf into its own
Universe. 

He is not, I think, a particularly
Religious man, but in reshaping 
This personal universe — for isn’t 
Art

The reshaping of a new universe? —
Isn’t he also praising and revealing
The glories woven into
Creation?

I don’t think my friend
Is particularly religious, but 
Whether no or yes, his picture,
His photograph, his art,  in which
He shaped a new universe, is 
For me, a wondrous
Prayer.  Amen.  Selah.