She boards the bus at dawn gray light
Camera strap cuts shoulder tight
Muddy fields stretch past the glass
Boom rolls low like distant brass
Helmet rests in soaked brown grass
Wheels hum soft on cracked blacktop
Viewfinder frames a sudden stop
Time expands in heavy air
Lens catches what the eye lets there
Lone helmet sinks in reddish clay
Artillery booms miles away
Shutter snaps the quiet scene
Dreamy float, lost in between
Lone helmet sinks in reddish clay
She rides past towns with peeling paint
Watches telephone wires faint
Flash illuminates the dusk
Iron dome holds ancient rust
Helmet wears a crown of dust
Wheels hum soft on cracked blacktop
Viewfinder frames a sudden stop
Time expands in heavy air
Lens catches what the eye lets there
Lone helmet sinks in reddish clay
Artillery booms miles away
Shutter snaps the quiet scene
Dreamy float, lost in between
Lone helmet sinks in reddish clay
Film wind clicks in palm sweat grip
Captures how the light will dip
Mud sucks deep at metal rim
Sky turns violet, bruised and dim