Bees

How long have I worked today
how much money I earned
how many strings and curses
I left on the stage floor

How tired are your eyes tonight
for nothing this all's worth
as nothing as I can see
them closing
close to me dawn close
in the hour sleep the world allows.

You frightened bee
that stick my arms
and bit my knees
forgive me please
if I don't know what you need spread wings upon the flow
on the air I'm moving with
that deep unconscious fear
raising in me when I see you