Your poem is apt, timely, and most important in the true and real message that it shares. I completely agree. As a child, I was truly scared of bumblebees because of ignorance. Coincidentally (and you may have read it already), I poste a poem here titled, "Bee" which is along the same theme as yours here. Thank you, Ron. Love and peace to you,

Regis

Very thought provoking. I wish everyone could care about nature and all creatures. But sadly, we live in a selfish world. Kudos Ron
Mary

There comes a day,
when many will be crying
for the wrong that they have done;
even unto land, sky, water and insect.
Wishing that it could be corrected,
but because it's too late,
they died carrying the burden!
Well done, Ronald!

well scripted melodrama

Another enjoyable piece, Ron, with a good analogy. Peace to you...

As we age and look at God's creatures and creations we seem to appreciate their value. Very good reference to that my friend.

I enjoyed this piece. Well penned! M.True

Thought provoking. I don't see us saving nature any time soon, when there are still tons of people dying prematurely on this earth. We cannot even save mankind.

Greetings, D.T.

I hate thinking about this stuff, I wish chemical companies would think about it.

As your poem proffers, there's more demise of both species and purpose that we are rapidly losing sight of than most are aware of.

WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!! I JUST LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Liana Margiva

For what have we done to our land, our water and sky,
Who are we to determine what is to live and what is to die?

Who are we indeed, but extremely arrogant, self-centered beings that are killing this planet. Thankfully, my wise old grandmother taught me at a very young age to appreciate and to respect all life forms because they all have important roles to play. But so very sadly, children are not being taught this today, and one day very soon, we will all regret our extermination actions.

I must say, this poem has touched me in many ways. Yes Ron, just like you in my youth I would get a jar, fill it with bugs, study them and their fate would be left up to me and my bug killing friends. How many times did we catch fireflies? Some we let go and others we cut their tails off. We were much more careful with bees and wasps. They were not as pretty and their stinger packed a wallop! Ouch!

Time goes on, what else can we do...the world may be coming to its end, but until it does, I will live as I live and so will you...-e-

A very sad tale about the Bumble and our relationship, how you dont know what you have lost until it is gone.

This brought tears to my eyes. Why does mankind learn too late?

Love ya!

Jane

... without the bumble bee, there is no future. How ignorant we all have been - not just you, Ron. So much for our human omniscience and learned, man-made wisdoms; high and mighty man brought low by the humble bumbler, who'da thought twenty years ago... Laughable in the face of the world we have all now created. xx

When we were kids,life was abundant for many species, and if we killed something, we didn't give it a passing thought. Kind of like the Carrier pigeon of the past. You don't miss something until it's gone. Mankind still has much to learn, and if we don't, earth will belong to the roaches. A well written piece.

Michael D.

Knowing awareness is now blooming everywhere, I would like to believe they may recover from the blight which is human because if they are extinct than so are.

A thoughtful, honest, and sad lament but one that
also shows hope when we finally wake up and learn
from our mistakes. One of your best.

I, too, regret the mindless acts I committed. Even though I did not personally create (or even spread) Agent Orange, DDT, Round-up, nuclear proliferation, etal ... it did happen on my watch and I did 'benefit' from them and did little enough to stop it. I share the guilt with you and the rest of us. We have much to be ashamed of, and until we acknowledge that guilt we will never be motivated to fix our disasters. Your lament is well penned and if we ever stand before the judge he will surely remind us that ignorance of the law is no excuse.

I have a Native American story, too.

An Old Indian laments the two creatures which torment his spirit, 'vengeance' and 'forgiveness' ...

"But Grandfather," the child asks, "Which one will win?"

"The one I feed," The Old Indian responds. Perhaps a third demon needs to be added. Indifference.

Superb.

I regret things also, but I did what I have done and it is over, I don't do it anymore, so I refuse to beat my chest and shed tears which will never help what has already been done. Very tired of being the villain for things I did without understanding what a mean bastard I was. In other words, Ron, I don't play the pity game. Never have. Never will.