I Know

The virtue of making two blades of grass grow where only one grew before does not begin to be superhuman. - Thoreau

i know the tall grass will bend

tears shed and dried

hearts will break and heal

legs weak as they curl and kneel

so much to absorb and feel

the wind will usher unmitigated truth in bold perpetuity

forevermore

clenched fists will knock at heaven's door

we'll dance

at each day's sacred chance

i don't know which way destiny will veer

until fate is near

i don't know much

but this i know

Author's Note

"We should be blessed if we lived in the present always, and took advantage of every accident that befell us, like the grass which confesses the influence of the slightest dew that falls on it; and did not spend our time in atoning for the neglect of past opportunities, which we call doing our duty." - Thoreau