look at the ravens
they don’t sow
they don’t reap
they own no barns
no, God himself feeds them

look at the lilies
lovelier than the ladies
in Solomon’s palace
without even trying
God himself clothes them

two sparrows for a penny
cheap-cheap
yet God knows
the moment one drops from the sky

you are worth more, he says
more than his sparrows
his lilies
his ravens

so shhh…

fear not