The Hive

Hello and good day. Hope you’re having a good one. It’s been a challenging week so far but I’m pushing through.

So I joined this community exactly seven days back and it has been very encouraging the kind of support I’ve gotten so far, especially from people I have never met before now. I’m grateful for the warm welcome so far and I’m looking forward to making good friends here and adding value to myself while at it.

So I wrote a poem in honor of this community. To celebrate everyone that has contributed in one way or the other to make this HIVE what it is today.

This piece was inspired by a challenge I took on earlier today.

Feels good to be here. Cheers to the hive community 🍷

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The ache in my chest
is of a bird searching for a nest,
earnestly diving from
one tree to another,
as this has been the order.

The flock has fenced him
out of where he used to
call home, temporarily seeking
shelter where men call a dome.

Navigating through his natural
habitat he flies into a colony
of bees. Mysteriously their
default instinct to sting was
replaced by a welcoming buzz.

Amidst this new home I fly
around with the grace of
a rainbow coloured butterfly.
Visiting one hive and then another.

Hoping that someday their
living culture is fused so much
into mine that I may begin
to fly like a butterfly
and sting like a bee.

But surprisingly in this hive
we sting not to inflict pain
but inject into ourselves
gene altering impartations,
boosting up our essence.

What a beautiful hybrid breeding
HIVE.
In this hive, collectively we thrive.

A poem by OKIKI ©

P.S: I promise to bring you more poems and content you will love. Do watch this space.

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