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I have a 100 square foot pad of concrete outside my front door that is essentially, my garden. The only space I have in my 424 square foot condo to do any sort of gardening. Although at the moment I have no plants in my pots (planning to soon) I still do get some visitors in my garden. Normally, it's the spiders and such that come to say hello. But this time it was Arleesha the praying mantis. I named her Arleesha because the name was in my head and I had to give her a name of some sort.
She was hanging on the inside of my security door. I am not sure how she got there since I never leave that door wide open. But somehow she did. She was mesmerizing and I just could not stop staring at her. As far as I am aware this is the first time I had seen one in real life. She was calm, cool, collected and had a way about her. As if she did not give two shits about others and how slow or fast they moved. She was moving to her own beat.
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I knew she was there for a reason. To remind me to be calm, patient yet introspective. She slowly move to the outside of the door. As I closed the door, she jumped on the ground and just sat there. I had to leave for a client meeting and to run some errands. When I returned hours later, she was still around. This time she was hanging off of a decorative metal ornament that have resting on a table. She was swaying back and forth. Much like you do when your favorite song is playing and you are moving to it's beat. Although I never saw her again, she will never be forgotten. Maybe if I get my ass in gear and finish my garden, then she may return.
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