Wild Bees
I resign myself to a half sleep, to the evening news, and a tepid cup of tea
to old habits, engrained, and a familiar old routine
As the news, tonight, unfolds,
it is there again, to chill the bones
and to turn the blood from warm to cold
How does one close an eye, turn away,....... compromise?
Here I am once again, in the house, that knows my strife
How insane the world can seem,......
Oh, the theme, is much the same
Renewed, it stays obscene,... yet, brings a brand new grief
But I shut out discontent,
and catch a jasmine scent
and a summer, once I spent, in the shadow of tall trees
I lean back in my chair, and the air keeps me warm
I'm hearing swarms hum, a drum in my head, not far..., is a wild nest of bees
Surrounded by seas, of the green grassy waves, and I smell sweet alfalfa once more
Now my arms and my legs are rolling down hills, that tickle my skin,
....and taking the spin out of me
All the bees scatter 'round...., of a world going wild,
and have stained red, my shins and my knees.
Where is the green? The clean of all things?
And the springtime of days dead and gone?
I pluck a long stem, it tastes semisweet,
yet, the bitterness still lingers on
From my head to my feet, I can't rest in defeat,
as sound from the sprinklers resound
They lull me to sleep Ts......Ts......Ts......Ts......Ts
I lie under the trees,
while the wild nest of bees,
swarm near my head Bz......Bz.......Bz......Bz.......Bz......Bz
I could die, wide awake, as the dusk softly breaks,
Where the lightning bugs shine in the trees
Small stars in the night, lightening bugs show the way,
taking me home through the tunnel of day
Drinking sweet jasmine tea,
.... I'm drunk on my dreams,
but I think I've been stung
where my evening begun
back on the street where I live
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2/12/14 For Craig Cornish's Contest: "Angel Of The Odd"
Copyright © Carrie Richards | Year Posted 2014
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