I took this picture with my PDA at the retreat last weekend on one of my walks. This picture turned out better than the one I deleted. I took that one of the sidewalk. I had trouble with the sun over my shoulder; pretty good excuse. Initially, I was disappointed because this dragonfly posed and was cooperative, but, in retrospect, the title says it all.
The retreat was a great experience. I reminded my self that it is OK to be imperfect. I am human with that. The dragonfly showed up and shared a quiet moment with me and for that I am grateful.
He lit down oh so gently
He posed oh so perfectly.
I heard him say;
I really did!
“Take my picture please
My time almost done
This serves as my memorial.”
I took his picture
He stood so still
Posed gratefully.
Once done, he took his leave
Both our jobs nearly done.
Teacher as Transformer 
That’s such a sweet little poem, yet it touches upon the mortality of life and the mark we leave behind when we’re gone. I read the poem before returning to read the description and I’m glad I did, I think you should switch them round so that people read the poem first, then see the picture and then read the rest, for the poem has more of a pull on people’s imagination then. That’s only my opinion though of course 🙂
Also, my I ask about the use of the word “gratefully” in the 10th line? I was expecting ‘gracefully’ and it sort of made me stop and think about it, any particular reason? Or perhaps my pause WAS the reason? xD hehe
I chose gratefully because he posed so well for the picture. That is not evident in my camera work but he did not take off until I was done.
We are at the end of our season for dragonflies with winter coming, so I thought he was grateful for preserving his legacy.
Thank you for asking about that.
Ivon.
Thank you for answering! 😀