Time and Time Again

As the sun emerges, and the rooster beckons,

We witness the change from night to day.

Some wear the morning like a golden shawl,

Some grumble for the slumber that slipped away.

The axolotl watches his growing friends,

As lungs replace their shimmering gill,

“Why am I frozen in time?” he asks sadly,

While others find beauty in him being still.

The shark and dolphin, both separate entities,

Grow up to look the same, dive after dive.

It is the ocean’s demand that they appear so,

For the world carves us based on the storms we survive.

This concept of change is here to stay,

So let us begin to embody it today,

For it isn't wise to dwell on unreal fantasies,

As they too may evolve and change someday.

By Shreya Devarajan, 11G