The Dragon Fly Glows He Embodies

​The dragonfly glows. He embodies
The best of the world, the best
Of being alive. That metallic glow,
Green or blue, does not rest,

It is a beauty that shines
Through the exoskeleton,
An awesome flame that sates
The splendor of the inner sun.

No one can tell it where
To shine, no thought can grasp,
No desire define, no choice confine,
The infinite rightness that no one can clasp,

A beauty that gives the pond
And papyrus life, until it feels
The lines of the universe,until
It justifies the wasps and eels,

Even the snapping turtle and
The dung beetle, even they
Are bright, the sun is shining,
A beetle trundles on a stray

Leaf that floats across 
The stream, the dragonfly darts,
Is still, its eyes see all,
The sun ascends, morning starts.