Dragonfly
Dragonfly
An odd thing in the sky
An alien aircraft
Four webbed wings and two enormous
compound eyes
An elongated twig of a frame
A dragonfly
Cold blooded
Outdating the dinosaur and mankind
A catcher of prey in midair
Butterfly, moth , fly
And its own kind
A divine creation and design
Withstanding the test of time
Gathering by the water to replenish and to multiply
Delicate wings trapped in sticky,
syrupy glue from an opening of the bark
of a ginkgo tree
Rolling from the leaf to the ground
Trapping anything around
Crystalized and fossilized in time
When they are caught on spiked and
dewy droplet traps
Such plants slowly consume its contents
Their brief breaths taken
Surrendered are their flightless wings
Come autumn and wintry chills
Their lives near its end
With heavy frost , they collapse to the ground
Food for the crowd
Kiln fired ruby, turquoise and
sapphire fairies lose their hue
And dissolve into a clear, translucent doom
On a sky blue day by the swamp one stood on my finger and stared into my eyes
A series of pictures crossed my mind
Awoken memories of pastimes
Truths rekindled my light
I smiled with gratitude
My spirit revived and energized
At once, joy filled my heart
Marckincia Jean
Narrative
10/27/19
Copyright © Marckincia Jean | Year Posted 2019
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