Black and Gold
(Deborah means ‘bee’ in Hebrew.)
From spring 2007:
My heart is a bee.
Cantankerous, it stings at random.
But it dies each time it causes pain—
while those attacked recover.
Alight with flight,
industrious and wild,
it hovers over beauty.
It yields gifts of honey
from those it loves-
-and seeks to woo.
It is subservient.
Yet majestic.
Perhaps Queenly.
Photo by Deborah Stokol. Bat-Mitzvah invitation encased in a box. 2009.