"Stymied by Fright"...

" Stymied by Fright "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Stymied
by fright
feeling
the need
to flee

being emboldened
by web-winged
damselflies
darting
over
water
lines

simultaneously
seizing
and devouring
prey
held in place
by spindly
legs...