Bumbling through it all April 16, 2024

  

Bumble bees bumble through the patch of dandelions

Like black and yellow striped buffalo

Their backs saturated with the pollen they’ve collected

From dipping into the herd flowers before they go to seed,

Each landing is like a kiss, from which each bee rises

More heavily burdened, thick with a sense of purpose,

Lazy-looking, yet not lazy, like little balloons

Inspired by the stark sunlight spring has brought,

This tenderness, this act of love, part of a ritual

That brings on rebirth each year, with me in the middle of it,

To watch and accept what life brings, to love and be loved,

To tenderly touch the deepest places and yet not harm,

Each thrust of love probing deep into the soul

Them and me.


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