I found the bee as it fumbled about the ground
Its leg mangled, its wing torn, its stinggone
I picked it up, marvelled at its insistence
to continue on, despite the dumb brutething that had occurred
I considered, remembered the fatal struggle
the agony on the face of wounded friendsand the same dumb drive to continue
I became angry at the unfair conflict suffered
by will and organism
I became just, I became unreasoned, I became
extravagant
I observed the bee, there, lying in my palmI looked and I commanded in a harsh and angry shout –
STOP THAT!Then it ceased to struggle, and somehow suddenlybecame marvellously whole, and it aroseand it flew away
I stared, I was appalled, I was overwhelmed
with responsibility, and I knew not where to begin
