Happy Monday Everyone (Stay positive!)
The following is a poem I wrote when I hit a writer’s block recently while writing essays for my application to medical school… (for entertainment purposes only )

Writing Passion (A poem that doesn’t rhyme about my experience writing for medical school applications.)

Sometimes I wish I could see things just a little more clearly,
To be able to put into words my own feelings,
Express the passion I have for something – transform it into a medium readily transferred and understood by others as clearly and as deeply as I feel it inside of me.

I’ve tried to put into words, with a pen, just WHY this passion exists within me.

I’ve seen its variations in other people:
It was his calling, his fate, destiny; It was what God put her on this earth to do.

And I can see it so clearly in their eyes, it gleams,
Hear it like a symphony in their tone of voice as they speak their passion.

I know this is my passion because my heart races faster experiencing this than…
… than any boy ever could.

It is as exhilarating as my first roller coaster ride,
More rewarding than… if my dad bought me a new car,
And as beautiful as the art of Canaletto.

I’ve written it down twice, thrice, ten times, you see…
But only bits and pieces ever get seen by those who read them.

Maybe I’m just a really crappy writer.

But,

If I could sing a song, play a tune, paint a picture to convey it I would.

If I could go over there, embrace each admissions director in as tight a hug as my tiny arms would allow, and through it transfer all that’s in my heart – I would.

If I could do an interpretive dance in lieu of writing this personal statement, Oh, you know I would (son).

But I can’t.

All I have are these ten versions of me trying to represent my passion in writing…
And I hope (I’m crossing my fingers) that they will see I’m so much more than what I can write with my verbal ability.

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I hope that you find your passion in life as well.