Get out the microscope, because we’re going through this poem line-by-line.
Lines 13-14
The Bravest – grope a little –
And sometimes hit a Tree
- Some folks deal with uncertainty the way that someone might walk into the night. They feel around, “groping” to see what’s in front of them; they don’t let the uncertainty hold them back.
- Sometimes, these people get a little emotionally hurt, like someone walking into a tree that they can’t see might get hurt.
- She calls these folks the “Bravest.”
Lines 15-16
Directly in the Forehead –
But as they learn to see –
- They might get hit in the forehead because they were being brave, but still, they learn to see through the darkness.
- So if the darkness is a metaphor for the uncertain… is she saying that by not being afraid of uncertainty, some folks learn to adjust to it (even if they might get a few bruises along the way)?