I am temporary every single day, <br />stuck in place for one brief time <br />like a snowflake on a branch <br />and then I melt again <br />and drip <br />onto a sparrow’s wing: <br />a drop of water <br />like a crown on a king.<br /><br />Jesse Ellsbury<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/like-a-crown-on-a-king/