… Now paint the long-necked lily-flower
Which, deep in both worlds, can be still
As a painting, trembling hardly at all
Though the dragonfly alight,
Whatever horror nudge her root.
from “To Paint a Water Lily,” Ted Hughes
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I mean “you” NOT “your!”
Love the dragonfly your drew, John!
As you know, I have a childhood fear of them!!!!