Just this week I completed my first year of college. Through these many months I’ve evolved immensely and gained so much new experiences and knowledge. This poem references what I learned while taking a course on the solar system just this past quarter–as well as what I have learned about myself this past school year.
I was once a nebula,
A simple celestial force
A common working of nature
Fluorescent yet fragile
Protected by a shield of chaos
I was once a star,
In a sea that is the universe
Both crowded and lonely
As I slowly
Aligned my broken bodies
I then grew to become
The sun of a cosmic system
My gravity,
A reminder of the affinity
Others feel for me,
The invisible allure I never view in myself
My moons,
A symbol of past destruction
And my ability to heal
As the chaos clears
I am science
I am poetry
I have now grown
Into my own galaxy
