Have you ever wondered about the life of a bug? So short, so without reason. Let me tell you, inform you of what I have seen, in this world so vast and fraught with danger.
You thought your world was a nightmare, or you must have at least once.
To me the world is vast and never ending.
What lies beyond the almighty mountain that you call a stupid stone, I could not know. In a world such as this, how can one like me be seen, never mind heard?
Heard, heard. Have you ever heard the words cried by a bug?
It's surely not possible. Who ever heard of a bug's cry?
Only the mute could understand, what it means to not be able to talk, communicate, reason or even scream! I can't reason with you so I'm silenced. I can't scream at you to stop so you carry on.
If a bug could cry out, people would think twice about swatting them in annoyance, or even for fun.
People sweep me aside because I'm just a speck of dirt in their eyes. I'm a part of what they're cleaning up.
Nobody would ever have thought of our own thoughts. We are of course, due to our minute size, unfeeling, unthinking.
We are not even real beings.
The life of a bug could be a few months, a few weeks, days, a few hours.
Sometimes we'll survive long enough to be devoured by our own kind. Oh how unfortunate we are, those of us who live to die another day!
Others of us have been blessed with the gift of flight.
But we'd never be seen as a beautiful bird, elegant and swift.
No, we fly too fast. I bet you couldn't fly that fast and navigate yourself through the open window.
Whither should I fly, anyway? How would I know where to go in such a great world?
Life is a constant struggle.
And when we're dead and gone nobody will remember our fleeting life. Nobody reads a prayer for a bug. I may have died flying into a person's eye, so they remember how I caused them inconvenience. How dare that bug die in my eye?!
Remember my apparent wrong doings, like the wrongness of being born as a bug. I haven't even been seen up until now, but I'm sorry for causing you pain.
Love and kisses from a bug xxx