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A Poem: “Sometimes I Forget I’m Alive”

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at UCSD chapter.

For this week’s article, I wanted to change this up a bit and write a poem. Check it out below:

Sometimes I forget I’m aliveThat I have dreams and ambitions in which I striveThat I have to make choices and decisionsThat affect my life, not a hallucination

That every action has a reactionThat I have no authority positionLife is out of my controlAnd on me it has taken a great toll

That my mind is thinkingThere is something I’m seekingI have emotions that leadI have a past, for once I was a seed

I am growing into a plantWhat type, I will never understandBut something magical is happeningFor this life I’m living

Sometimes I forget these human connectionsDividing my life into sectionsProfessional, personal, educationalIt all seems irrational

Sometime I forget that I have a personalitySomething I can’t really change, for that’s the realityThat I have been breathing for this many yearsAnd any day something can interfere

Then I won’t have these thoughtsOr this realization I have caughtBut sometimes I forget theses a futureUntil I wake up and realize my past is now a teacher

I find it incredibleHow I am something tangibleI have a lifeAnd am going through time

Sometimes I forget I’m aliveThat I have a daily strideThat I have thoughts and imaginationsBut realizing it through hesitation.

Writer, reader, loves giving life advice and inspiring people!
UCSD '16 Political Science- American Politics Major