Camera Crazy [Poem]

Twice I had kept aside a thirty grand

Saving rupee by rupee, clutched in my hand

I longed to wear that Nikon strap around neck

Have a SLR that shoots, even a dusty speck

The first time spent it on a jolly trip

A vacation with mom, the camera I could skip

Little burnt, little sad, I waited for a month more

But the cherished times, healed my sore

The second time I enquired, joyful and glee

I had enough cash to be paid as fee

Then a sudden call came from a kin

A worry I could solve with the cash in my tin

Now, the third time, I have planned -all it takes,

On January 12^th, an SLR would click my birthday cakes

Now, suddenly an opportunity has come for a tour

I might have a reason to travel to Singapore

Can I manage both, I was questioning myself?

Little math and a negative answer presented itself

Now I sit and wonder how ironic -this position

A place where I can click, or,  a camera in possession?

Why do you need an SLR, had questioned a friend?

Do you wish to be a photographer, follow the trend?

Oh what the hell, I photograph well even today

Would a point and shoot, make the image –ugly and grey?

So, I find my misery of months suddenly futile,

A desire I held dear, Oh so juvenile

I would rather travel, see the world with a naked eye

Capture it in memory, the beauty of the sky!

~Sam

P.S: True Story :)