Dragonfly - 1. Chapter 1

There once was a dragonfly, blue, red and gold.
Every day she flew, from pond to pond,
exactly as she was told.

One spring morning that little dragonfly,
flew high into the sky.
She saw the mountains in the west,
“Oh mother, why can’t I?”

“My dear child, this is something you must never try!
Because you see,
to fly so far,
surely you would die!”

And before the next sunrise,
she flew all day and flew all night.

As the little dragonfly, gold, blue and red,
Settled atop a lush green pine,
Glad she wasn’t dead.

Looking out over the valley that she’d just flown,
What did she see, far past her little home?
“The ocean,” she shouted out with glee.

The tired little dragonfly, red, gold and blue,
spread out her glistening wings,
and away she flew.

She flew fast across the valley,
in continuous motion.
“This little dragonfly won’t stop,
until I reach the ocean!”

As the little dragonfly landed beside the water,
she took a moment to stop and think about her mother.

She took her little sparkly wings,
and in the sand she dug.
“Now if I shall die before tomorrow,
I will die a happy bug!”