A honey bee
will leave fearlessly
because his life will end
if he must defend himself.
If I were to live
as fearlessly as a honey bee,
no tribulation would be the end of the world.
A honey bee will lose himself
in every way.
I would lose myself in every fear,
in every thought, in every day.
A honey bee's defenses
lie attached to his body.
My own significant defenses
lie attached in nerves never ending.
If he stings me,
his life
will be torn from him.
If I get stung,
my life
will be torn from me.
In our own ways,
the sting will end us,
and we won't know
if it was worth the worry.
-LJ
25 April 2018
