to live in this world (starting with a line from Mary Oliver)
To live in this world
you will cling to earthly things
in hopes that the void you carry will be filled,
filled with the light of knowledge,
and filled with the elixir of wisdom.
Hold deep inside your chest cavity
the love of work
and the art of understanding,
it will blossom,
so that one day
you may nurture its seeds
and plant them for your children.