Flowers For The Bees Poem by RIC BASTASA

you talk about a world
of flowers
and i cannot help but
also remember
the thorns and worms

bee to bee
tree to tree
aphid to
aphid

do you wish to bring me there?
is there a world for me?
flowers for the bees
rivers for the trees

suns for the grass
stones for the sands

in your circus world
of flora
Brigitte
the fauna clowns are no longer funny

look at me
i am no longer a child
candies do not
attract me

i decide for myself
now
and neither sorrow nor joy
is not
anymore the prime
envoy