The crows are building
Nests under my hat
I’ve thought long and hard
About this
And I’m no longer scared
To be alone
Based on the titular Khalil Gibran parable. I found almost every one of his parables poetically inspiring. More coming, I’m sure!
…a fraction of atoms cohered into the elements necessary to form the complex structures necessary for life…the tiny improbable fraction of a fraction of a fraction with which we have the perishable privilege of contemplating the universe in our poetry…
Maria Popova, paraphrasing Alan Lightman