so big, yet so small
june 21, 2025
He was in one arm. The camera in the other. We had just stepped into the sunlight, onto the aluminum transition in the doorway. I noticed a spot on the wall, smaller than a seed. Smaller than a crumb. I looked. Focused, manually. Focused, digitally. Clicked. A fruit fly. The tiniest one I’ve ever seen. Barely visible, but I could still see it was a kind I had never seen before. What a life, to be carrying your whole world and still notice something so small.
