My Soldered Rainbow
Tell us about an intellectual experience, either directly related to your schoolwork or not, that you found particularly meaningful.
My programming mentor once told me that perfection does not mean being perfect; rather, it is something affected by attitude. It profoundly changed my outlook on what constitutes a healthy lifestyle-- so much so that afterwards those close to me noticed physical changes. I wrote this poem to him in response, and plan to give it as a present at the end of this year's Build Season.
I'd always wanted to touch the sky-- to be weightless.
I thought if all the clouds could float
I could float
Why I was Late to Nighttime. by randaline11, literature
Literature
Why I was Late to Nighttime.
I danced with the clock tonight,
borrowing batteries from the minutehand and
searching for that perfect timing in someone else’s poem
before the clock struck midnight
and 1 A.M.
and 2 A.M.
and hell, maybe even 3 A.M. but
it wasn’t there and
You weren’t there either so
I returned them and
closed my eyes and
picked through all the dandelions in Dreamland and
found a little one that would work for us and
ripped it from its home in the ground only to
watch 10,000 Mary Poppins fly away before I
could let them go.
So I opened my eyes again, seeking the likes of
You in the filament of
that damn light bulb up
at the tippy top of
I am Not the Demon Here by randaline11, literature
Literature
I am Not the Demon Here
I am the Ashman.
I stroll up and down the architect's arteries
of today's nightlife
and pickpocket the tips from
your cigars.
I groom the logs in your
dying hearth while you
enjoy your wine.
I steal the tears and dreams from crying,
sleepless poets and give them to
the needy dandelions in San Francisco.
I am the Ashman.
Five foot one million, the size of Rome.
I am the Ashman,
who lovingly coats the mouths
of the poor and rocks them gently into
Dreamworld.
I am the primordial ingredient
in all your achievements.
I am the flood, the Third Estate,
the antimatter to Prince Pomp and Pretentious.
I am the Ashman.
I am the Ashman.
I am: