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Sitting by my little stream a Damselfly came flitting by
Zipping by in synchronized aerial acrobatics
Flying in pairs like a sparkler in a little boy’s hand
Up and down round and round up into the sky
Irridescent blue sporting two pair of black wings
Sunning and stretching showing off his long slim thorax
Trying to impress a mate without too much success
Not unlike humans who like to show off and sing
Leaf to leaf and stem to stem it moves from scene to scene
Knowing I’m there but seeming not to care
Resting in the cool of the afternoon shade
Almost caught by a leaping frog rising up from the stream
Such fragile creatures so beautiful and so fine
With a pin head brain so full and so bold
Technology beyond what man can build
Smaller than a chip with precision lines
How wonderful to be in the presence of awesomeness
So easy to simply pass it by
Never realizing never taking time to see
Lift your eyes to the beauty of nature’s finest
Photos: Dwight L. Roth
