Damselflies
Created | Updated Jun 22, 2008
A sudden dash though sunshine
a flash of iridescent blue,
damselflies chase and trail
loops of light across the stream.
Their eyes, black and round as berries,
watch aimless rise and fall of gnats
with multi-faceted precision.
At rest, their tracery of wings
intricate as stained-glass windows
but even in lapis lazuli, plated
joints reveal a prehistoric past.
Do they hear echoes of an age
when they ruled among tall ferns?.
