the focus of Ziess

hand stitched leather case
hand stamped letters in Gothic type face
patina ingrained with signs of age
never reached a horizontal plane

feel the quality and weight
look beyond the garden gate
turn the focus thumb wheels pawls
see the prisms rise and fall

the caps that keep the lenses clean
as the dawning sees sunshine's beams
beyond our touch and feel
to bring into perspective the distances between

to watch and wait
with drawn heartstrings separate
bend the horizons line so far
shorten time bend that spar

look and still believe
faded evening, love letters breath
for your return  as if from death
binoculars look out, towards the west

look at beauty look at life
look backwards towards natures night
for night vision cant find the infrared
to reignite the love you left