Bee Manifesto

Bee aware.

There’s a dying dancing tribe.

There’s a perfect mute cry,

In the sky.

Bee aware.

Drones make love in the air.

Until yesterday.

And today they die.

Why?

Bee aware.

America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania

They still die.

Why?

Bee aware.

Their communities are structured,

orderly and tight.

They feed you and your child.

Bee aware.

Honey is energy

Like charcoal, oil, or gas.

It’s ancient liquefied light.

Bee aware.

Pesticides.

Drought.

Parasites.

Honey spoils in the hives.

Bee aware.

They see ultraviolet patterns,

The architecture of life.

Can’t you see they die?

Bee aware.

They dance to the sound

of invisible alphabets.

Can’t you hear they die? 

Bee aware.

They are sleeplessly buzzing

all night as they dream

of pollen and sun.

Bee aware.

They are sleeplessly buzzing

all night and their nightmare is

air and soil 

and light 

pollution.

Bee aware.

There’s no land of milk and honey 

There’s no future

where bees die.

Bee alive.