I learned this aphorism from my book of aphorisms.
굽은 나무가 선산을 지킨다
gup.eun na.mu.ga seon.san.eul ji.kin.da
crooked-PPART tree-SUBJ gravesite-OBJ defend-PRES
A crooked tree [still] defends a gravesite.
Everything serves some purpose – even those things that seem useless.
[daily log: walking, 1km]
December, 627
The Emperor Iraklios disliked
the foggy plains where Sumer once held sway.
He marched for Ctesiphon, but then turned back;
they’d cut the bridges, stopping any chance.
He’d made his point regardless: King of Kings
in Persia signed the treaty in the end.
[daily log: walking, 7.5km]
