A zigzag line moving
slow but steady
straight to my
kitchen shelf
heading to the
bottles of sweets
Ants, irritating and
infinite.
Creepy things found
my well hidden munchies
Brushed away, splashed
lotions
Fired, vacuum cleaned.
A week passed, but
that zigzag line continued
I was exhausted but they
never perished
My eyes were
moistened
Perseverance
Honesty
I will put your share
aside
For you shared that
wisdom of life
And touched my soul
within.
In one corner of my thought i too had a plan of writing about ants ...cherished when i saw your poetry!:) lovely!
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DeleteA lesson wrenched from the ants trial by trial and I relived it through the images of this poem. It is a lesson not without humor, and one I failed to learn from my own ants. The power of poetry! Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much..nature has many hidden lessons.
DeleteAnts definitely know how to persevere. I observe mine as they trek back and forth to the hummingbird feeder, often falling in and drowning. I enjoyed this.
ReplyDeleteThank you. So you are a keen watcher..I like to idle away sometime with nature....
DeleteA unique and philosophical poem - ants, of all things, reminding us about perseverance. Thanks for sharing this; I enjoyed it!
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DeletePersistant little buggers... enjoyed the perspective from above and then acceptance
ReplyDelete:-) oh yes...thank you...
Deleteoh those last four lines...wow!
ReplyDeleteThank you Laura...I really was taken by their perseverance....
DeletePerhaps we all should aspire to that level of persistence in achieving our goals!
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Yes I do think so...thank you...
DeleteGood that you shared! Love this poem. Nicely done.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much....
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