The Ant Hill
My
new friend Winnie understands my newly found gist!
Wildlife_
there is just something unique about them!
The
humour, the pleasantry and the strength to face another day despite the
dangers!
It’s
quite fascinating and mind intriguing!
But
I have discovered a new world!
The
enormous world of insects_ and I seem to be stuck here!
Their kingdom is growing; and it’s already reigning!
The
world of ants however caught me by storm,
Like
a young toddler who just discovered the pleasure of crawling; and all they do
is crawl all day,
They are powerful,
Yes
the Ants!
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Those
small insects that live in a social colony; proverbial for industriousness.
Their
coordination and focus is enticing; one would wish to live in their cosmos for
a day_ just to experience such cohesion,
Yet we've always drawn parallels from our world to theirs,
These
past days…
I
have been watching their stringy trails at the back of my father’s house,
How
they clog themselves together tightly; like the life of one depends on the
other,
How
they follow their created paths so faithfully; with one emphasis to make it to
their place of choice,
They
have kept me thinking for a while…
It
must be that the most blossoming projects globally are the ant- projects,
Their
complex brilliant thoughts fuse into one to build the world’s most powerful
colonies,
How
they excavate their underground chambers into precision; complex designs that have
triggered our designs and preferences,
They
have informed our innovations…
And
now the world’s architectural scientists draw brilliant schemes from the
outcomes of their small but glued minds,
How
their behaviours aid IT experts in solving computational problems_ talk of the
ant colony optimization algorithms,
How
their short scale rhythms arising from mechanical activation from physical
contact have excited artists,
It simply unbelievable how much we've copied from them!
In
such complex livelihoods they interact; different casts of the same species you
will find,
Each
designed for its role; yet yielding their strengths in diversity and
differences,
Their
enthusiastic small bodies always willing to perform devotedly,
The
female workers_ with their sharp jaws they devour and bite through anything
that can be food,
The
soldiers_ strong and always on the lookout to protect and guard,
The
Minima_ effectively turning leaves into fungus for food; they perfected
agriculture long before us,
The
queen_ how she holds the colony together by bringing forth a new age band just
like a mother,
All dedicated to building a gigantic emperor, yet
it comes at a cost,
The
conscientious female workers abandoning their queenly ambitions,
Selflessly
supporting the only queen towards procreation,
Obeying
the rules of the ecosystem; for cheating undermines the cohesiveness of their
union,
As
they fully inspect whoever violates this important law,
In
one accord, the future of their genes flow through the queen,
Giving
up their selfish desires to maintaining the colony,
Raising
their fellow sister into family- hood and reproduction,
And
for this, the colony reproduces as a whole; just like a tree casting its pollen
into the wind,
How
they mysteriously trust…
With
no chain of command; yet so perfectly they perform their duties,
And
through smell and touch, they share and measure what each of them does,
How
they constantly brush through a chemical signal to communicate; yet neither of
them has ever seen the other,
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How
they build such powerful emperors…
Because
with one genuine oneness and shared purpose, anything is achievable,
In
unity the individual vanishes to form a strong super power,
With
the power to literally conquer the globe and when they show up, everything else
moves or its eaten way,
Their
reproduction is a shared task…
Their
powerful stings injects strong enzymes breaking down into liquidifying tissues,
The
far distances they move; it’s like a city of people certainly packing up and
relocating to a distant city on foot,
How
they link legs into a chain as the fluid grows into solid cells around the
queen, as they slowly move into the queen’s skin,
And
right there a generation is created; one that follows the footsteps of its
elders, into sustaining the gigantic monarch,
If
we humans therefore have a problem with ants, it is a problem we have created,
Their
societies are wide and known for efficiency and expansion, destined to dominate,
There
unity is inexorable,
I
finally have all the answers that I need…
I'm fully
convinced that following my passion has more impact than ever before,
Ignited
to face the world with an optimistic eye; and a stronger will to deliver,
Just
like the ants!
Mwende
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