ten years old or so <br />i was then <br />the black bee <br />with a yellow spot <br />so busy, noisy <br />visiting pumpkin blooms <br />it could only be very young <br />but lo...it gave a solid buzz... <br />that it was years older than me! <br /> <br />inspired by <br /> <br />The Bee is not afraid of me <br />I know the Butterfly. <br />The pretty people in the Woods <br />Receive me cordially— <br />The Brooks laugh louder when I come— <br />The Breezes madder play; <br />Wherefore mine eye thy silver mists, <br />Wherefore, Oh Summer's Day? <br />Emily Dickinson<br /><br />john tiong chunghoo<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-bee-is-not-afraid-of-me-2/