In Flight

The click of a camera lens and

This moment will never be forgotten, a 

Dragonfly in flight, double iridescent wings 

Lofting up and out of the garden.

I have watched children in flight out of 

The nest, perhaps a bit unstable at first

Then lofting to careers and loves,

To adulthood on tiny wings that have 

Grown stronger with every headwind.

The wings of the dragonfly look so fragile,

they are wings as strong as steel.

Our fragile wings can be as strong

As steel.