The lady shuffles, spindly feet across the wooden fence.
A blood red bug flecked with dark black circles.
It’s as though a child has painted her flimsy wings.
White marks on her head like lights on a dark road.
Sunlight skulks up to where she now stands.
I blink and she chooses to whizz away.
A minute crimson blur against the forget-me-not sky.
Written: December 2012. Explanation: A poem written in my own time for university - as such, it is a work in progress and may change slightly over the upcoming weeks/months. Also available on my WordPress blog.