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Spirit of the Hive

Spirit of the hive
Translucent golden elixir 
Held up to flaming sun of day 
Nectar of the gods within 
The spirit of the hive comes to be 
 
Old wooden cases 
Through filtered morning light 
Peeling  paint floats away 
slowly in the wind 

Lined up stacked in rows 
in peeling painted white  
Against the green of rolling hills 
 
Backdrops of old red barns 
Grey tin metal metal cans sit idle 
collect the  morning dew 
As steam rises in puffs of clouds 
Against the moving hive 
 
The living collective of living hive 
In the interdependence of living life 
That makes the world we know 
 
Delicate bees leave their nest 
To make their journeys quest 
In amongst the wildflower 
A mosaic of pastel colors 
 
Moving in slow motion 
within Its quiet silence 
The honey bee does 
Its dance of life 
Between the light and 
Shadows of its stillness 
 
Landing on flower stamens 
To collect its pollen 
Which cling as they descend 
To make their journey home
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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