An STEM Person Writes a Poem

I Am Ever-Changing

Like a phoenix risen from ashes

And the sun traveling from the brink of dawn to the edge of dusk

And the ocean when the light vanishes and the bioluminescent fish transform into stars.

I Am Yearning

To cater education to us struggling at home

And fight for the students defying the cards stacked against them

And to show what we can do with endless encouragement on our side.

I Am Longing

To give back to my parents to whom I owe my life

And forgave me for totaling the car that held my father and sister

And spending every cent they laboriously earn on my wellbeing.

I Am Pushing

To progress my learning every day at an exponential rate

And read to propel myself through countless alternative perspectives

And do what I can to promote my school’s mantra:

ALWAYS MY BEST.

I Am Going;

I Am Running;

I Am Sprinting

To a better future than my past.

But Most Importantly,

Is what I Am Not:

I Am Never Going to Stop Climbing

To the Top

Above the Mountains

Head in the Clouds

Wind raising me above fellow refugees 

Running from a darkness to a light

And looking to remember our one life we have totally burnt down and thrust from the ashes.

I Am Never Going to Stop Going Up.