Thursday, 3 July 2025

Under the Oaks

 

Under the Oaks

The years of hope and now, powerful urge

Watching you sitting on a grass verge,

Under the shade of some old Oak trees

To make this day so special to me.

 

Waiting so long to get much closer,

Trying to keep my composure!

You have always been so elusive,

My findings were always inconclusive.

 

I longed to see you with a purple hue

Though it was enough to get close to you.

Flying past so quickly by

And above the Oaks, they were so high.

 

As time went by,  my curiosity

Kept on getting the better of me.

I had to get closer and didn’t foresee,

The beautiful experience you gave to me.

 

It’s true you like things rotting and smelly.

But nearer to you, my legs turn to jelly!

I love your eye on your fragile wing

And all the pleasure that you bring.

 

That day so hot and overcast

You sat there, chilling in the grass.

You opened your wings, welcomed me in

As you climbed up my moistened skin.

 

You helped yourself to my perspiration -

I just felt so much elation!

Your yellow proboscis , drunk my sweat

A day that I will never forget!

 

For half an hour, you fed away

The salt you needed for the day.

And when the sun was strong in heat

I let you go for your roost and sleep.

 

Copyright Linda Lawrence

 

03/07/2025

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