I’d rather be a dolphin than a shark.
I’d rather swim with family
than circle in the dark.
We’d hunt and play beneath the waves
and leap into the air.
We’d watch with half a brain while sleeping
and laugh without a care.

I’d rather be a flying honey bee
than live a ground-bound ant-life
in a lightless colony.
We’d gather pollen, flower by flower
then pilot back to home,
transform the clover, seal it up
in waxy honeycomb.

I’d rather float with Lyra as a star
than wander, moon-like,
lonely through the darkness near and far.
We’d sing and shine our lights
on all the people down below.
We’d guide and cheer the sailors
as they’re sailing to and fro.

The truth be told, and all the same,
it’s time to just leave off this game,
and celebrate what is so true:
with all compares to ‘me and you’ …
So, bear, or bee, or star, or tree;
unitedly we are most free.
I’d rather take whatever comes,
as long as we’re both in the sums.

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Copyright 2025 M. Ryan Taylor

Note: This song started when walking to school with Taavi we started making up our own ‘Would you rather …” questions. I brought up sharks and dolphins – by looks, they’re so very similar, but socially they’re very different animals. When I was young and pretty socially isolated, the thought of being a mountain main, alone in the wilderness, was pretty romantic to me. Now, however, after 24 years with Dixie, I find it hard to imaging a happy life being a ‘lone wolf’ (or shark or bear). Happy Valentines Day!

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