Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

Posted on April 7, 2024 by B Gourley

bee & butterfly,
 drawn to the same fragrant bloom,
  work in harmony.

a moth, wings tattered,
 basks in the canopy-
  breaching spotlight.

the bee wallows 
 in pollen like a drunk
  sprawls on a bar’s floor.

the inner sanctum:
 an insect chirps ceaselessly,
 but remains unseen.

the sunflower
 catches warm afternoon sun, 
  but bees aren’t impressed.

sunlight shines
 through the butterfly's wing:
  yet, it seems sluggish.

lurch & stop:
 the bee moves erratically
  amid yellow blooms.

one butterfly:
 with so many eyes 
  that cannot see.

a bee hovers
 between two wildflowers,
  in a quandary.

flowers dip
 under a bee’s weight, 
  but spring back.