to invest existence

"To venerate the simple days
Which lead the seasons by,
Needs but to remember
That from you or me
They may take the trifle
Termed mortality!

To invest existence with a stately air,
Needs but to remember
That the acorn there
Is the egg of forests
For the upper air!"
-emily dickinson

it's important to note that when i read things i like to read them aloud at least a little bit aloud, and just now as i was typing this and reading it back it took me three tries on 'acorn' because i kept saying 'or-kin' instead.

i don't know why.