the secret
life of bees

buzzing in
your ear

everything you
want to hear

sweet nectar
on my tongue

your favorite
love songs

I memorize
and spread

to everyone
I meet like

my sting

it is the pain
of pleasure

nothing lasts
forever

there is rain
in my brain

a thunderstorm
of words

freaking
fracking
crackling
cracking

starting
fires

I cannot
extinguish

asking
questions
giving
answers

in the same
sentence

who is you
and am I real

and what
in the world

is the big deal

they said
I should

never lose hope

so I plant you
in my garden

I water you
and wait

for you
to grow

I sit in
the grass

beside you
and talk

telling you
I believe

in you and
other things

and each day
when I go

to see you

you are always
there

waiting for me
listening to me

watching me grow

her face was
scientific

supersymmetry

god had a smoke
after he made

her

eyes made of
soul

blue-green
ocean-deep

hypnotic

skin radiant
a polished stone

delicate &
vulnerable

no one would
touch her

afraid of
changing

her

abundance

she is without
shame

architecture

with precision she plans
her next move

education

she thinks
before she acts

history

she knows other
points of view

legislation

with words she
creates context

religion

still she has
her way

justice

everything being
equal

liberty

her spirit
is free

militia

she will fight
for her rights

peace

to be one
with everyone

the change
from one

day to
the next

you are

searching
for a path

as if it
exists but

if the truth
is nothing

is laid out
it means

you will
have to

carve a
new path

understand
the truth

of carving

you will have
to destroy

things you love
and you don’t

really get to
choose

things will happen
you will cause

pain in others
and you will
have to live

with that pain
true leadership

is lonely

you will have
followers but

they will never
understand

your sacrifice

she thought
she was light

radiant
the sun

beyond mere
understanding

she was

worshipped
as a god

lost in her
movements

a body defying
mere physics

she learned
the secrets of

floating in
space

releasing
forgetting