Uninvited

It started small
A flower gone
A hum now silent
A path withdrawn
No thunder, no alarms, no flame
Just something missing
Without a name

The balance broke
But no one cried
A tree went dark
The roots too wide
They came by crate
By plane, by trade
By garden dreams
And plans we made

The cane toad hopped
The ivy spread
The snake climbed high
The songbirds fled
The jelly fed
The larvae starved
We watched, confused
And called it large

Uninvited
They stay, we fade
They bring no war
But still invade
No teeth, no tanks
But lands collapse
No warning shot
Just nature cracks
Uninvited
They stay, we fade
We opened doors
And never paid

The honeybees
Their numbers drop
The hornets came
And wouldn’t stop
One queen, one nest
A thousand stings
And now we fear
The sound of wings

They eat the roots
They drink the stream
They push through cracks
Where life once leaned
They’re not to blame
They just survive
But we’re the ones
Who kept them alive

You brought them home
You let them grow
You liked their leaves
You loved their glow
But now they climb
The native bones
And build new worlds
On shattered thrones

Uninvited
They stay, we fade
They fill the gaps
We helped create
We burn, we pave
Then call it fate
But silence comes
When it’s too late
Uninvited
They stay, we fade
The echo's yours
The debt unpaid

We fed the storm
We held the gate
Now even bees
Begin to break
Uninvited
We fade