Nature break

Muffled thuds
across wooden planks,
suspended above
the wetlands.

Bulbous trunks
of cypress
surrounded by
knock-kneed tots.

Whir of insects
concealed in high limbs;
floating upon
sultry currents.

Secretive eyes
watch the intruder
from rustling birch;
and water’s idling murk.

On the trunk of my car -
a dragonfly, poised.


© 2001 Melissa Songer