Monday, March 03, 2008
The Honeycomb
(picture by N. M. Rai. See more of her work at
http://picasaweb.google.com/suchin.rai
and http://pbase.com/nmrai)
The Honeycomb
This is a picture
of a honeycomb
with its many cells.
Tell me,
could it not as well
be a woman’s secret nest,
her golden eggs ready
to stream forth,
to become whatever
it is that is waiting
in the world beyond.
Dorothy Walters
March 2, 2008