Poetry: Excerpt from "Dragonfly Girl," By Andrew R

Oddity

She was an odd one.

She was different, that’s what

They always told her.

They were her classmates.

Her peers were unafraid to

Be loud with their thoughts.

She was known to be

The quiet one. She never

Spoke out of turn.

But she would spend hours

Dreaming of blue dragonflies

Wishing she had wings.

She dreamed so much that

Often her mind would wander

When they spoke to her.

So they thought she was

Odd. Even crazy. But she

Was just a dreamer.

Wings

Dragonflies had clear,

Blue, purple, or golden wings.

Dragonflies were free.

The girl’s wings were strange.

They existed in her mind

Letting her thoughts fly.

And when they called her

Odd, she did not mind, because

Her thoughts were elsewhere.

Her thoughts took wing in

Clear sapphire skies and above

Deep green lake waters.

Her wings let her dream

That their words did not hurt her.

With wings, she was free.

She escaped from pain

And now she felt none and lived

In delirium.

Strength

Her wings were quite strong

And almost never tired of

Keeping her happy.

So she was happy.

So her wings beat tirelessly

To maintain her joy.

Her wings did not make

Life easy for her but helped

Her fight through hardship

So that one day she

Would not need them anymore.

But for now she did.

She dreamed of being

A dragonfly, for despite their size,

They were strong and brave.

She dreamed and in her

Mind she was a dragonfly

And invincible.