Hello and good day. Hope you’re having a good one. It’s been a challenging week so far but I’m pushing through.

So I joined this community exactly seven days back and it has been very encouraging the kind of support I’ve gotten so far, especially from people I have never met before now. I’m grateful for the warm welcome so far and I’m looking forward to making good friends here and adding value to myself while at it.

So I wrote a poem in honor of this community. To celebrate everyone that has contributed in one way or the other to make this HIVE what it is today.

This piece was inspired by a challenge I took on earlier today.

Feels good to be here. Cheers to the hive community 🍷

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The ache in my chest is of a bird searching for a nest, earnestly diving from one tree to another, as this has been the order.

The flock has fenced him out of where he used to call home, temporarily seeking shelter where men call a dome.

Navigating through his natural habitat he flies into a colony of bees. Mysteriously their default instinct to sting was replaced by a welcoming buzz.

Amidst this new home I fly around with the grace of a rainbow coloured butterfly. Visiting one hive and then another.

Hoping that someday their living culture is fused so much into mine that I may begin to fly like a butterfly and sting like a bee.

But surprisingly in this hive we sting not to inflict pain but inject into ourselves gene altering impartations, boosting up our essence.

What a beautiful hybrid breeding HIVE. In this hive, collectively we thrive.

A poem by OKIKI ©

P.S: I promise to bring you more poems and content you will love. Do watch this space.

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