Grieving for a Bee

Grieving for a bee I tried to rescue.
I wish I’d never felt love for any human being
But it’s animals I love more, more than people.
Forever regret the mouse that pleaded from a trap.
Oh bee I made a bed for with leaves, forgive me
But they can’t and I am in Hell now.

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The bee is still
In his dry leaf bower.
The drops of water I left him 
He never drank.
He no longer tries to fly.
He has gone to the flowers.

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I'm sorry if I hurt you by trying to set you free. 
Rest, your work is done now, still bee.

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Photo: Plants in a pot with a tiny dead bee and dry leaves