I entered the pond today
Watched the circles around my legs
Drank the cool water and lay
While fawns pranced and reneged

Suddenly in the morning light
A glimpse of movement caught my eye
As dragonflies took flight
In the topaz blue sky

Purple as grapes they arose
Watched their courting dance unfold
Circling, circling in the cosmos
As life began again without control

Here I lie dreaming dragonflies
A glimpse of life unsupervised
Hoping that before my eyes
I see the beginning of paradise.