The Original Bumblebee

The major motion picture "Bumblebee" is set to open in theatres later this month. FULL DISCLOSURE: I was a crazy huge TRANSFORMERS fan growing up in the eighties. Optimus Prime was my hero. But I really liked Bumblebee as well. Stay with me, this excursion down Memory Lane has a purpose..

There is a life form that's cooler than a transforming yellow car from another world. And that's the ORIGINAL bumblebee --

Small wings, no lift?

Shortchanged, what gift?

Odds against me?

I can't win?

What's within me?

How and when

Will I get off the ground

And buzz around?

No more bound

Up, not down

Look at me 

What do you see?

An earthly impossibility?

The reality of a bumblebee

But you need

To take into account

That your beliefs about me

Don't really count

I know who I am

And what I can achieve

The thing you can't see

Is what hides within me

Keep on doubting

Keep on assuming

I'll keep on buzzing

I'll keep on zooming

So I am fuzzy

But fast are my wings

They may be little

But don't forget about my sting

You say I can't fly

But somehow I do it

You say I might die

But I won't listen to it

You say I shouldn't try

But there's nothing to it

I am a bumblebee

Yes it's true

The big question is --

What are you?

© Matt Decker