Un(bee)lievable

Un(bee)lievable

 

I know you think I shouldn’t be able to fly

but here I am, in your garden,

buzzing around looking for flowers.

You cling to the old myth that my wings

are not large enough to lift my fuzzy body,

yet no one bothered to ask me how I managed.

I was once considered a pest, just

another summer irritant as I flew too

close to your picnics and games, and

you sprayed and swatted to make me go away.

Still, no one realized the role I played as

I went from plant to plant collecting and

depositing pollen until it was almost too late.

Now I am the darling of your garden where

you put up special boxes for me to nest in,

print me on T-shirts, paint me on cute mugs,

and marvel at my aviation skills.

 

 

As The Crow Flies

Fireblossom Friday : Corvid and sit a while.
There are crows in the garden today

~
As The Crow Flies

The crow looked out
Across the farm and saw
The plume of toxic fumes
That seemed to settle everywhere

The crow drew circles in the sky
And watched the bees and
Butterflies struggle to
Survive without the blooming
Wave of wildflowers

He saw the spill of inky oil
Like Rohrsach blots upon
The coastline where water
Fowl and fish no longer swam

He followed streams of shining cars
To factories and smoking stacks
That filled the air with particles
He could not breath then fell
To earth again as rain that will not
Quench Earth’s thirst
The crow looked down
From a dead tree branch
And sobbed, “Murder!”