Random Acts of Poetry

Garden Gossip

I overheard the birds and bees
talking to the flowers and trees.
There was some consternation
in their conversation.

For all creatures seem to find
their lives are intertwined,
and in fact, seem designed
to serve the beings called mankind.

The bee said to the bird
“Of their greed, have you heard?
My honey, they come and take it
as quick as I can make it”.

The bird answered the bee:
“Yet, look here, can you see?
In the season of my need
They fill this dish with seed.”

The tree complained to the flower:
"Over all mankind I do tower,
and yet, I am easily felled.
But why? I cannot tell."

The flower told the tree:
"If only you could see
the beauty of the things
the crafting of your wood will bring."

"Because mankind wants you
they restore and they plant you.
This is what a flower knows -
For every one of us that grows
for every stem they cut, they prize
and make dozens more of us arise.
Mankind is not our enemy
When we exist in harmony."


Written for "PromptMaster !" 

Task Prompt:
Write a nature poem where “nature” is talking about humans.