Flying With Geese

[Wei Shan Yang]

I took the whole white album on my ipod actually so its Tibet and Beatles. Hey ladybug's a beatle, one that everyone loves, and if they don't...there is something seriously wrong with them. I always loved them, they showed up on my great grandma's lilac bushes. I would go out in the morning and look for them on the flower petals, then get a rush of excitement if I found one. My dad told me recently, that sadly I started putting them into glass jars and would punch holes into the lid for air and kept them in there and then they'd die. I don't remember that part, I only remember loving them and wanting them to crawl on my finger. I do remember putting them in jars sometimes, but not the part about them dying. I feel bad about that, truly do. I hope they forgive me. Something so lovely should be free.



One flew into my apartment window two months ago...I live on 22nd floor. Some serious flying. He/she landed on a kitchen sponge...I moved the sponge to a higher area...away from cats. I tried to get the bug to crawl onto a plant, but she/he never did, so I just left the sponge there. Then when I checked back 10 minutes later, the ladybug was not there. I looked around briefly to make sure her/his body was not laying dead...I was relieved to see there was no such thing, and I have no idea where it is, which gives me the feeling its presence is still with me.