i didn’t know.
something happened,
and it took me months and
months and
months
to realize it.
i must have bumped a setting
on my camera
without knowing it
because my white balance
was slightly off
and all of my photos
were
a tinge pink.
and when i took pictures,
i could see it in my viewfinder.
the pinkness.
and yet,
i didn’t realize what had happened.
i was beginning to think
and believe
that everything around me
was slightly pink.
i wasn’t happy
with the images that i was taking.
they just didn’t sit right
but i didn’t know why.
i assumed that i was the one who was off,
not my camera.
so, i became
less and
less
interested in taking photos.
photos that i usually love taking.
photos that breath life
into my sometimes weary soul.
and then, about
NINE months
after i had
unintentionally altered that setting
in my camera,
i realized what had happened.
now, everything is back to the way that it had been.
back to the way it should have been.
back to the way it really was all along.
when i look through my viewfinder,
i see
what life really looks like.
i see
things the way they are.
and let me tell you,
things are not slightly pink.
it makes me wonder
what else i might
be seeing incorrectly.