to get to
the next one
you can't carry
too much
from the last.
travelers we
all are.
the eponymous
bee
cannot carry
the flower on
his back
so he carries
what he can
a grain
no need
to unroot
the flower
if even
he could
but to learn
the nature
of the flower
or the flytrap
or the delicate
moss
or the sticky sap
which
when bound
to wings
renders
flight
impossible
is to
carry something
forward too.
as heavy
or impractical
as a flower
on the back of a bee?
perhaps not.
the next world
beckons
as does the
last.
the bee
alights
if he
can.
