Onlooking the hive
With wonder and reverence
This cooperative space
An example for the human race
The drone plays his temporary role
Of sacrifice for greater good
A scripted part – to live and die
This purpose so clear, in the hives eye
The Queen is the lead role
If she not perform
her scene ends, the hive acts
To ensure there are no setbacks
The olds, they too, have a path
When the season ends
Go on final final flight and depart
This path imprinted on the hive heart
These lives, those short, are profound
Fulfil a purpose as set out
When humans seek to replicate
Fail to see an unacceptable fate
To mimic the hive demands a trade
Freedom surrendered, and rights unknown
A sacrifice too great for the human heart
To yield, and play the part
An impossible dance
To the sentient and self-aware
Not surrender to the collectives call
For autonomy’s flames stand tall
Our own selves determine
It’s our nature
To ardently defend
The right to choose till the end