“I do know how to pay attention,

how to fall down into the grass,
how to kneel down in the grass,
how to be idle
and blessed,
how to stroll through the fields,
which is what I've been doing all day.

Tell me,

what else should I have done?
Doesn't everything die at last,
and too soon?

Tell me,

what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?”