One brown cow

Whether on a crowded subway, or in a bar, 

Or sitting in an airport, waiting for a flight,

 Those moments come, when we’re suddenly aware 

Of the enormous complexity of life; 

 How each person that we see

 Has experiences and concerns 

We can only imagine, yet in that moment 

When we cross paths we are connected… 

And here, passing by a farm on a rural road, 

I can wonder who lives here, 

What their life is like, 

And how they ended up 

 With just one brown cow in a herd of black…