Showing posts with label Nature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nature. Show all posts

Thursday, October 4, 2018

Born Again (and again)

     The phenomenon of creation, whether of an individual bee, bird, or human being should take our breath away. Each happens in a community, one in a hive, one in a nest, and one in a family, however configured.
     Depending on how it is fed, the bee can become a worker that lives a few weeks or months, or a queen that lives three to four years. 
     Depending on the species, the bird will be shell bound for two to three weeks, then nest bound for two to three weeks, totally dependent for food. Finally, the moment arrives when the fledging is pushed out of the nest. The choice is all too simple: fall and be killed, or begin to fly and become reborn into sky.

Tribute to a Poet

     Her life was luminescent, her poetry, more so. In the end, verses that she penned became her life and her obituary. Best to let he...