The Dragon Fly

I've watched them my entire life, vibrating    
creatures of stature and majestic flight;      
Transforming lives between elements of    
     
water and air. One came to me, watched      
while I was photographing a state park,    
gliding behind me into the deep wood.      
     
Iridescent eyes and heavy-bodied      
hum of wings that migrated vast oceans      
hovering beside me; ancient symbol      
     
of courage and strength with an ancestral    
blood bond incarnating in its presence,     
reflecting our lives through mossy eyes      
     
heralding our imminent reunion; knew then                                                  
we'd never fall in Love again; we'd Rise.      
     
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