Libellula Depressa (Dragonfly)

by Chris Patterson

It cannot be sustained,
this Dragonfly feeling.
Living for only 24 hours,
you'd like to imagine it
would feel like this,
elated, bobbing and floating
like a happy birthday mylar balloon.

If you try to grasp this kin
of Odonata, it becomes
crushed and wilted, you
cannot ensnare this
rapid dragonfly flight.

Instead you lift your head, and
let it go, watching it
fly into infinity, whispering
like a prayer...thank you
for those dragonfly kisses,
someday, please,
send me some more.

The Author

I was born in Elmira, New York and moved around to all the hot spots of the automobile industry growing up. After graduating from Michigan State University, I worked in Chicago as a writer/producer and director of local television and radio commercials and marketing videos for local companies. In 1995, I opened a bagel shop in Hilton Head, South Carolina. When that closed in 1999, I went to work for Walt Disney Company. I currently am a training facilitator at the Disney Reservation Center. I enjoy writing poetry, especially for my family and friends. You can find me on Live Journal as cap_killer.