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I saw a bee drown in honey

A bee drowned in honey… and I understood
I saw a bee drown in honey
and something in me stopped.
Not because I didn’t know it before,
but because the truth suddenly hit me in the chest:
it’s not just the darkness that destroys us.
Sometimes it’s what we love too much
that drags us down.

The bee didn’t die of hunger.
It died of abundance.
And there, in the golden surface,
I saw man.

We don’t drown in pain.
We drown in the illusion of being saved.

Because it’s easy to run away from what hurts.
It’s harder to leave what sometimes feels good,
what gives you warmth one moment
and cold the next.
What keeps you with an “almost.”

Almost loved.

Almost safe.

Almost whole.

That’s where the confusion begins.
Where hope becomes a trap.
Where the heart learns to wait for the rare drops
of closeness, of light, of promises.
Not love —
but reward.

And you cling.
Not to the person,
but to the feeling you think the person carries.

The most dangerous thing is not the darkness.
It is the darkness that hides in light.
It is the sweetness that suffocates.
It is the hand that both hurts and comforts.

Spiritually, not everything “good” is from God.
Not every light is light.
Not every sweetness is life.
There is honey that nourishes,
and honey that drowns.

How do you get out?
Not by force.
Not by pretending not to feel.
But by clarity.

When you see that it is not love
but addiction,
not peace
but confusion,
not truth
but mechanism—
something starts to come loose.

It hurts.
Because you don't just lose a person.
You lose the illusion.

I saw a bee drowning in honey…
and I understood.
It's not always the darkness that destroys us.
Sometimes it's the false glimmer of light.
Not everything that is sweet gives life.
Not everything that attracts saves.
Not everything that feels true is true.

And sometimes
it's not the night that takes us.
That's the golden trap.




Bunden vers av Jeflea Norma, Diana. VIP
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Publicerad 2026-04-15 17:55



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