The sky said I am watching
to see what you
can make out of nothing
I was looking up and I said
I thought you
were supposed to be doing that
the sky said Many
are clinging to that
I am giving you a chance
I was looking up and I said
I am the only chance I have
then the sky did not answer
and here we are
with our names for the days
the vast days that do not listen to us
W. S. Merwin, like most poets, knew a thing or two. Here's a good quote of his, suitable for these times:
We are asleep with compasses in our hands.
