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I have a story
about how love conquers fear.
The bees taught me
this lesson I hold dear.

An epiphany, I know
that will get me through life,
and I feel called to share
to eliminate your strife.

Once upon a time,
I was so afraid of their sting,
that I couldn’t see the beauty
a bee’s pollination would bring.

But once I did notice
I was not so scared.
Instead, I felt love
and cared how they fared.

This triggered a thought
of how I feel about you.
I do not want to be the cause
of a life making you blue.

You have worked so hard,
the stress affecting your health,
sacrificing your well-being
for the sake of our wealth.

For a long long time
I have feared living a life without,
but I am giving my permission
for you to bow out.

The lack of security,
I have awakened to the truth.
It is a burden you needn’t carry,
the fear stemmed from my youth.

I do not need all the money
to buy whatever the world can deliver.
As long as we’re together I am happy,
to live in a van down by the river.

My love for you is stronger
than my fear of our fiscal demise.
I am grateful to the bees
for making me so wise.

Love conquers fear
are the words I’ll never forget,
whenever I am scared
of living my life with regret.

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