This poem was written in Andy’s memory by his Nana, based on the well-known dragonfly story. A beautiful poem for a beautiful boy, who always sends us dragonflies to let us know he’s near.
A bug beneath a pond one day
Saw his friends go far away
Up along a stem they climbed
Leaving everyone behind
Then one day up that stem he climbed
Above the water he did find
A world of colour and of light
That sparkled in the bright sunlight
He fell asleep, then woke to find
His body changed, but not his mind
Wings had grown and he could fly
Back and forth beneath the sky
I must go back and tell my friends
This wondrous world waits here for them
But wings and water don’t combine
So he would have to bide his time
He flew around this heavenly place
Then in the pond he saw his face
Changed from who he used to be
His friends won’t know that it is he
So he will wait until the day
Up the stem they make their way
And they can play and fly so free
Together for eternity
-Roisin