Transparency

This poem 'Transparency' was written whilst on a writing retreat June 2013 and has just won 1st prize in the Willam Blake Poetry Competition http://thebigblakeproject.org.uk/?p=131

Transparency
 
Rain that wept from the gutter last night

has slowed to a glycerin drip.
 
Now it comes, one clear tear at a time.
 
A perfect lens capturing a whole world

inside its micro-mirror, split second drop.
 
And just for a moment, I too am within its

pear-shaped prism.
 
And just for a moment, I too am clearly

seeing what isn't there.