On Dragonfly Wings

Deep in the sun-searched growths the dragonfly
Hangs like a blue thread loosened from the sky.~Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Silent Noon

This lady dragonfly was resting on a fir tree one morning in late September. Wings glistening in the early morning dew, she did not fly away but rested there as if preserving what bit of life she had left in her for another day.