I Knew

One job wouldn’t change my life...it would alter someone else's 

To help, to cure, to heal 

My antibiotic is chamomile 

My life is dedicated to changing the lives of others 

So long and goodbye to the bi-yearly visits to an antiseptic doctor 

Welcome to the aestheticism of a non clinical environment 

My heart and my soul 

That is what I poured 

Into my endeavor 

Long and hard I searched to find 

The one career that would enchant me, 

Captivate me, 

And grasp my heart 

Lawyer,  

Architect, 

And gymnast to 

Long and hard I searched  

But none would do 

Giving up, 

Sad and indecisive 

Succumbing to the idea of a white collar job   

Average...average...average 

That’s all I'd ever be 

Barely 19 and the thoughts of my future were bleak 

And yet... 

For years my grandmother suffered numerous ailments, diabetes, lupus, glaucoma, and brain damage, to name a few 

Prescription after prescription would turn her for the worst 

We could do nothing but sit back and watch her slowly wither away 

But my grandmother intend to stay 

A leap of faith is all it took 

A few months later and our perception was anew  

Her glow and ability to remember where she was  

Was nothing short of miraculous 

The cure to my grandmothers sicknesses was,  

An herbalist 

Right then and there I knew 

That this is the path that I would choose 

Because all along I knew 

That I wanted to find a job that would not benefit me...but benefit  

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