bee

in the garden 

a bee stings a child's nose, 

life's blossom of discovery. 

in the garden 

a daughter plants Dusty Millers 

along a pathway. 

in the garden 

a mother prunes roses, 

ridged thorns, petals perfumed. 

in the garden 

a grandmother sprinkles water on geraniums, 

dusky green, ruby red. 

in the garden 

a bee buzzes solo 

over ground dry and fallow,

searching for a child's 

first blossom. 

Poem © 2007 by R. Burnett Baker