A young calf who has never seen a mirror
believes that on its head,
just like its mother cow,
there are powerful horns attached.
So sometimes the calf
uses those horns
to butt against the sky
for no reason at all.
Believing in those splendid horns,
fearless little calves
today again
put on their yellow backpacks
and march boldly off to kindergarten.
Would a calf stop charging just because it looked in a mirror? If you believe, it becomes so. If you keep butting, it becomes so. On that tingling head, horns like conch shells begin to sprout. Eyes rolling with determination, today they butt against the barn post, tomorrow they'll topple the pillars of the sky. Look at the children wearing dad's shoes like aircraft carriers, mom's heels like temple pillars, commanding the world beyond the front door. Even those trees holding up the sky broke through the earth with just two little seed leaves. These fearless calves will grow up, snorting powerfully, and charge into a future no one has ever seen.