This morning I witnessed the most curious of sights
I fly landed in my honey pot from the highest of heights
From flying around viewing all of the town
To stuck in my sweet honey where surely he’d drown.
I watched as he sunk and thought how scared he must be
So I scooped him up on my spoon to try set him free
He sat on my plate surrounded by a blob of delicious honey
It was now up to him to enjoy another day that is sunny.
He wiggled and struggled, so very stuck
I sat and observed wishing him the best of luck!
For I remember too a time when I was stuck in the sweet honey pot
Warm, sweet and delicious but free I was not.
And the attempts to escape that wore me so thin
Every time I thought I made it, that addictive honey drew me straight back in!
The honey is sweet and delicious like a lover
Nourishing and comforting like a mother
But when swimming in the pot, the honey is an oppressive smother
Its such an oxymoron it seems you cant have one without the other.
He slowly dragged one leg forward with sheer determination,
I knew that if he persevered he was headed for a complete revelation.
Step by step he pulled his little body free,
I was so proud, seeing so much of him in me!
He cleansed the excess honey away, and his wings he unfurled,
Then he took off, flying back out into the world.
I knew in my heart the lesson today that he learnt,
You can taste the honey better when swimming in the entire pot you weren’t.
Like getting warmth from a fire without getting burnt.
There are so many honey pots all over the world to taste,
Just spending your entire life in one seems such a waste,
The different flavors is the joy you can face,
And the final realization that one of the most delicious is the one you left in the first place!
But you can never reach that conclusion or develop the insight,
Whilst living a life without taking flight,
And through taste testing you will know the honey for you that is right,
It wont smother and stick drowning you in spite.
It welcomes you to independently come and go day and night,
Always offering a warm delicious taste of its unconditionally loving sweet golden light!
Dr. Belle Taylor Acupuncture 