ODE TO APIAN
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APIAN SWELLS WITH ENTHUSIASM EVERY NEW DAY,
WHEN
THE HORIZON GLOWS LIKE FLAMES OF FIRE.
THE UNFOLDING AURORAL BRILLIANCE, OVER TAMPA
BAY,
PRESENTS A PANORAMA OF WHICH WE NEVER TIRE.
THE BRACING BREEZE OF SPRING STIRS TO ACTION,
AS IT RUSTLES AMONG THE MANGROVES AND PEPPERTREES.
ON THE SHORELINE, ON A DISTANT LANDSCAPE ATRACTION,
SCENTED PALMETTO PRAIRIES ARE ABUZZ WITH BEES.
AN EXPOSED NEST OF
WAX, BEES AND HONEY
IS DISCOVERED, ATTACHED TO A STURDY OAK LIMB.
WORKERS ARE BUSY HARVESTING, ON THIS DAY SO SUNNY,
PRIOR TO DEARTH'S ADVANCE, WHEN SUPPLIES ARE SLIM.
AMONG THE BLADES OF PAMPAS GRASS AND ROOTS OF FERNS,
YELLOW
JACKETS BURROW AND BUILD A PAPER NEST.
THE STING OF THIS INSECT THROBS AND BURNS,
YELLOWJACKETS ARE OFTEN VERY DANGEROUS PESTS.
ON A GRASSY HILL OF HARVESTED BALES OF HAY,
A BUMBLEBEE COLONY IS SUDDENLY REVEALED.
THE SIZZLING SOUNDS OF ALARM MEANS DO NOT DELAY
IN BEATING A HASTY RETREAT THAT SAFETY YIELDS.
A HORNETS NEST, HIGH IN A MAPLE TREE SWINGS.
THEIR NEST HANGS GRACEFULLY ON A SUPPORTING BRANCH.
SUNLIGHT GLINTS UPON THEIR MEMBRANOUS WINGS.
THEY DO NOT ATTACK UNLESS PROVOKED BY CHANCE.
RED AND YELLOW
WASPS, CICADA KILLERS, AND MINING BEES,
CHALLENGE THE ACQUIRED TALENTS OF THE BEE MAN.
EXTEND-A-POLES HELP REMOVE THE HIGH ONES WITH EASE.
THE GROUND DWELLERS ARE TREATED WITH DUST FROM A CAN.
EVERY SUNRISE IS A
WAKE-UP TO SURPRISING DISCOVERY.
ADVENTURE BECKONS APIAN TO ROUND THE BEND.
THE ENDORPHIC MIND RECEIVES EXHILARATION RECOVERY
WITH EVERY EXPERIENCE FROM BEGINNING TO END.
WHEN THE MASTER
BEE SPECIALISTS COMPLETED THEIR DAY,
THE FIREBALL SUN WAS DISAPPEARING BEYOND THE BAY.
SPARKLING MOONLIGHT GLITTERED ALONG THE BRIDGE,
AS THE FLORESCENT BAY CITIES FADED BEYOND THE RIDGE.
THE JOURNEY HOME
WAS PLEASANT, WITH MEMORIES REFLECTED
UPON VOIDS OF BEES AND THE HONEY THEY HAD COLLECTED.
ABOVE ALL, THERE WAS A FEELING OF SUCCESSFUL DELIGHT,
KNOWING WE GAVE OUR BEST FROM SUNRISE UNTIL NIGHT.
RAYMOND MILLS,
BEEKEEPER
HEARTBEAT OF THE EARTH
LISTEN TO
THE HEARTBEAT OF MOTHER EARTH
TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS NATURALLY TRUE.
YOUR ENDORPHIC MIND WILL FILL WITH MIRTH
WHEN YOU LIVE WITH A MORE POSITIVE VIEW.
YOU WILL
DISCOVER JOY AND A HAPPY LIFE,
IF YOU STAY IN TUNE TO THE NATURAL LAWS.
PRACTICE SHYING AWAY FROM FOOLISH STRIFE
AND CORRECT YOUR HURTFUL FLAWS.
DURING
LIFE UPON THIS MOVING SPHERE,
YOU SHOULD
CONSIDER BOTH SEA AND HILL.
KEEP THE
SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE NEAR.
COUPLED
WITH AMAZING DISCOVERY ZEAL.
LISTEN....LET THE HEARTBEAT BE HEARD.
YOU WILL
POSSESS THE HAPPINESS KEYS.
WHEN YOU
SHARE THE SONGS OF BIRDS
AND THE HUMMING OF BEES AMONG THE TREES.
DISCOVER
THE JOY OF ABUNDANT LIVING,
ON MOTHER
EARTH THAT IS ALWAYS GIVING.
FIND YOUR
PLEASURE, IN DOING WHAT IS TRUE.
THIS
HEARTBEAT WILL BECOME A PART OF YOU.