Encounters with a dragonfly :×~
I was out, getting tanned,
in the hot October sun,
it was mild, yet soothingly hot,
my skin was all dried up,
but I didn't mind, I was too lazy,
to do anything about it or care.
Suddenly, a puny lil bug, came out of nowhere,
I couldn't make out its shape, in the blinding light,
so squinted my eyes, to see it right.
A dragonfly, buzzing around in its own tune,
kept hovering over the flowers nearby,
then came right at my face,
I shrieked out in surprise,
it got frightened more in turn, and
went back to the flowers,
buzzing in its own delight.
It must have been a baby, so small,
poor thing, flying around in this hot summer like heat,
I couldn't see its wings, it flapped so fast,
almost, at the speed of light type thing.
It was a cute little bug, never resting,
never stopping, the complete opposite
of what I could never be,
almost made me wish for a pet,
a dragonfly, I think, would be the best.
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