Since Christmas 1962, I have viewed my world through a lens. Over time, photography moved from being an interest to that of a calling. I suspect it will forever be.

OWNING PRIDE

(c) Dion McInnis

Wrapped, enclosed, covered

So no one could see

Was a very special present

Under the '62 Christmas tree

The family didn't see it

When I opened the wrap

Or pulled the camera out

Or grabbed the camera's strap

No one saw the real gift

That came Christmas day

To the six-year old child

Who saw things his own way

The gift came weeks later

When photographs arrived   

"That's what I saw," I said then

And since then, I've been alive