Here is a poem of hers about I concept I think about often - Sonder. Danielle Coffyn describes Sonder as the profound feeling of realizing that everyone, including strangers passing in the street, has a life as complex as one's own, which they are constantly living despite one's personal lack of awareness of it.the woman who took your parking spot just lost
her job & the boy howling because there are no
more croissants is overwhelmed by the noise
& your colleague is bursting with excitement
because she is expecting but its too soon to tell
& your sister decided now is not a good time to be
a mom & the neighbor who hasn't mowed the lawn
in weeks is struggling to find a reason to get out
of bed & your mother is celebrating ten years
of quiet sobriety & the man buying whiskey just
put down his dog & your best friends is planning
to propose to the love of her life & you are lost
in your own to-do list but all these lives
are important & brutal & beautiful & true.
Let's just sit with that for a moment.
Isn't it exquisite...
