POEM STARTER
âBees offer honey far more readily than they sting.â
Write a poem that begins with this line. What themes can this metaphor reflect?
Sweet Accountability
âBees offer honey more than they sting!â
âPeople with good hearts get hurt the most!â
âIt wasnât my fault. It wasnât my fault.
It wasnât. MY fault!â
If a bee stings you then dies,
whose the real victim?
You turned down the honey
and hurt that beeâs feelings.
Does them bringing you pain
make their death not in vain?
Or did they overreact
and die as consequence?
You just donât like honeyâŚ
So what was the big deal?
The bee thought a good heart
automatically came healed.
When did being sweet
mean to reject reality?
When did hearts become
too good for boundaries?
What the bee didnât know
is no one owed it anything.
The pain could be personal
but find the lesson and proceed.
Donât become bitter.
Ignore the urge to sting.
Staying alive is a
responsibility.
It just is what it is,
and self sabotage isnât
how a heartbeat should end.