Tina was inspired to write this month’s poem after a visit to one of the beautiful sunflower fields in the Cotswolds.
“On that day,” she said, “the bees were numerous and oblivious to anything but their task. They seemed possessed. This reminded me of someone I once knew and that led to wondering about destiny and just how much control we really have in our lives.”
Tina began writing as a young child then, as an adult, headed into the world of publishing (non-fiction) and event organisation. She has written plays, short stories and poetry and recently embarked on a second novel. You can read ‘The Weight of Nectar’ at cirenscene.com where other extracts of work by members of Somewhere Else Writers can also be found. More is also available at somewhere-else-writers.org.
The Weight of Nectar
You look lost
drifting in that field of sunflowers
your weight increasing
with every pull of nectar.
You look like her
taking off with no direction
lured by the promise of honey,
swaying through haloed lovers.
Poor bee, your short life mapped out,
trapped on a meandering path
of blinkered seduction.
In your dying days will you wonder,
if you had possessed another mind,
would you have flown away,
will you be like her?
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