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BEE-ING
By Su Shafer
I have become a stone.
A gemstone. Labradorite
Or Moonstone maybe.
No – an Orca Agate
From the Earth, with an affinity with water.
I am a stationary object.
My unruly legs have taught me
The power of stillness,
How motionlessness invites presence
In each moment.
Today I watched a bee visit
All the flowers in my patio planter.
Her tender attention to each one
The pollen pantaloons on her legs
The song of her wings,
Humming as she went from floret to floret
Trailing in the air behind her as she flew off.
Her busy work reminds me
There are no small lives.
I think of her and her sisters
Bustling about in the hive,
Content in their purposefulness.
Unlike my quiet house
There is no stillness in a hive
Even when they pause for a brief repast
Of bee bread and honey.
Su Shafer is a creative crafter, fabricating bits of writing in poetry and short stories, and other bits into characters that appear in paintings or sit on various bookshelves and coffee tables. She lives in a cottage on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington, where the tea kettle is always whistling and the biscuits freshly baked. One never knows who might stop by to share a rainy afternoon. And all are welcome!
