The Life a Man Needed

In silence perched the wondrous bees

what beauty they show, that ones eye believes

humming and bee-ing in silence

making the story seen worth rememberence

moving in and out of the hive they built

trying so hard to remove the deposited silt

they are working so hard, hard for their house

the wind bearing warning for remorse

on the first drop of rain that landed

their work their house destroyed

the wind,the warning it brought heeded

oh this rain! from this could they be joyed?

leave along, the rain had gone

leaving their hive now to the wrecked sun

broken and destroyed to the last

the bees needed to find a shade very fast

they moved along to another tree

for them,unlike us,the world so free

the built their hive from scratch all anew

on the trees in which the rain left its dew

should man also do the same

leave his nest and be so lame

should he enter this earth, to come and go

what then the meaning of life would he know

                                                      by

                                                      R.VAIDHISWARAN

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Originally published on Paradise Lost.