BEETLE
Oh Beetle, do you know
what makes the flowers grow
why birds do sing
the notes of spring
and when the melt of snow?
beyond the sun and soil
beyond the insects toil
What feeds the leafy tree?
what company you keep?
in your mortal coil
the colours of your shell
the rotting leaves you smell
roaming not so quick
making meal from dog shit
is it heaven, is it hell?
you crawl across the sand
you jump up on my hand
before I place you safely down
back to the ground
to wander freely back on land
do you have a name?
like tom or bill or sam?
when i lay upon the grass
and watch you amble past
do you even wonder what i am?
