Drop

 

after the rain

drop hangs from leaf tip

suspended by invisible tension

 

the world gleams inside its tiny roundness

mirrored back-to-front

 

touch and it rolls down your finger

and falls to earth

a perfect picture

of prayer

Note on the photo:
after the rain, by Ian Thomson on Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nzpix/6430088839/in/photolist-fPWgNo-aNcToF-8Sj49L-77pfF5-74pXsj-5KW73y