A Songbird's Warning
The birds fly
And plead at
My feet, and
With the warning
In the form
Of flowers,
The flowers chirp,
Begging me with
Their soft voice
To not go into
The wasp's nest
Yet like a fool
Waiting for a
Net to cling
To my feet
I intrude the
Wasp's nest
And I try to
Crown myself
As the Queen,
But the wasps
Have a guillotine
And they throw
Me on the scaffold
And it is only
My head that
Remains as they
Victoriously hold it
High, and the flowers
Hang their wilted
Heads low as the birds
Sing a dirge.
This poem is about:
Me