"Are you getting married?"
Asked the hummingbird to the bee.
"I am! She said yes!
A prettier wren you never did see."
"Ah, then, I'm very happy
For your joy, my dear friend
Though I confess to be saddened
Our relationship to see end."
"Nonsense. Who else shows me
Hidden flowers, nectar delights;
We chase wasps, evade crows,
And fly to great heights.
"Though I go to her nest
I shall always return
Though she may hold my heart
Your adventure I still yearn."
"You do ease my soul, yet
I will still miss you true;
Mysteries will be duller,
I won't soar as I do with you.
"So be off and be well,
Don't think I shall weep;
But if I were the human species
It would be bees I would keep."