Industry
Would it be wrong to call a bumble bee industrious?
It looks challenging, dodging birds and
clinging to sagging wax currant flowers,
bobbling golden in the evening breeze.
They make it look mundane, and maybe it is.
My poor human eyes trained to see hard labor, twisted.
Justify, use it as bench post of my own efforts,
expose my trials and the burnt out failures.
Maybe it is an enjoyable task, finding those buds,
full and heavy with nectar and strengthening pollen.
The simple pleasure of buzzing between
root and rose and the remaining branches of an
ashy willow that hadn’t survived the winter.
While the spring blows strong from the south
and geese honk from the pastures.
Sabrina Green is a writer from Montana. They marry their history in ecology with their creative explorations of the world. With modern life the way it is, they hope their writing can inspire readers to look closer and appreciate what is around them. Their writing can be found at www.substack.com/@sometimesbadger.