8 March 2011

Odonata

Butterfly? Not you.
Two pairs of strong, transparent wings
Are fixed upon your back
Little water nymph
Simply hatched into the unknown one day

Blinking and dazed, you flew
Am I skipper? Am I true?
But you’re no fragile, fluttering flyer
For here flies fast, aerial hunter
Multifaceted vision, gwas-y-neidr!

Iridescent, darter, dancing jewel
Golden, chaser!
Oh I could go on, but
Having said all that…
Maybe you’re just a damselfly in distress?

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