Thoughtful Thursday: Bees and healing

My bees - can you see the honey comb and propolis they have made on the frames?  

An extract from Last Night As I was Sleeping

"Last night as I was sleeping,
I dreamt—marvelous error!—
that I had a beehive
here inside my heart.
And the golden bees
were making white combs
and sweet honey
from my old failures."

Antonio Machado

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Comments

Tattie Weasle
Tattie Weasle 17 November 2011 at 20:09
Truly wonderful!
Jane Alexander
Jane Alexander 17 November 2011 at 22:19
I love this in both media, Zoe. The picture of the bees is humbling...such incredible creatures.We need them so much and pay them such little mind. The poem is equally wondrous - and full of hope - that something so sweet can come from such sadness. For really, don't you think, that the sweetest honey comes from the furthest fall?
Esther Montgomery
Esther Montgomery 28 November 2011 at 01:27
Maybe no error.