I pray
for break of day
for the sun
to have its run
and I will be
set free
from the chains
that restrain.
But alas!,
caught in glass…..
I will wait,
spider’s bait.
and I pray
for the day
to begin,
let light in.
I’ll either fly
or will die.
Mercy me
set me free.
As I pray:
please, come day!

Zwarte heidelibel (sympetrum danae, black darter, schwarze Heidelibelle)