A friend had once said to me
in life
do not dissect dragonflies
and interesting that a teacher in Bio class
years ago
had said the same thing
that as a child she used to
bury dragonflies,
thinking that
their jewel eyes
were treasures
to dig days later
and find nothing
since then I have always
wondered about them
iridiscent in the
glint of sunlight
yet as shortlived
as the best of us
so the Message was right
"Live in the now"
I said to the kids
when we were at Donapaula
with the glorious sunset vista
before us
Let us not say " When I come here again,
I will ..."
you are here now,
what are you doing about that?
Too many moments lost
in planning for the next one
As time spills
like grains of sand
except here,
I cannot retrieve a single one.
Today, now,
And every 'like', Jaan
every drop of chlorophyll
is a gift
as you are with me
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