Poetic Meditations by Dylan Wiles, P&G Staff
During the week of midterms, students are often rushed to study and cram every bit of knowledge possible into their brains to make sure they are prepared for their nine weeks tests, but one student finds an opportunity in these moments of stress to meditate on life.
I.
Knowledge is refuge
In it no fear you will find
But the lack thereof
II.
Learning is constant
Yet forgetting acts the same
In cycles of thought
III.
Studying retains
What attention acquires
Fortifying thought
IV.
Procrastination
Turning days into hours
A brash transition
V.
Journalism rules
We comment about your life
And then call it news
VI.
Change will never change
Innovation stays the same
So what’s the difference?
VII.
Fading like denim
Weariness is in our genes
Worn satisfaction
VIII.
Shining from above
Casting its blank silhouettes
That emulate all
IX.
Free your train of thought
Don’t let your voice be deterred
Find power in words
X.
Often it’s seldom
A paradox is noted
Until it’s too late
XI.
Ask me how to live
I will give you one answer
Simply generous
XII.
Sustaining all life
Flowing over all the earth
And inside us all
XIII.
Stark superstitions
Held tightly yet based loosely
Luck is but a myth
XIV.
How should I say this?
Or really can it be said?
What nothing looks like
XV.
The Ballad of I
With this as its conclusion
Look not out but in
