Peace of Mind

A short poem

Do you know where you are meant to be

Or even what you should be made to see?

I desperately want to know my truth

Though deep down I’m sure I’m just simply displaying my youth.

My obsession with my path

Is frequently confronted with my own wrath.

It may seem crazy

To never be satisfied with just enough,

Comfortability is easier

But comfortability is just my bluff.

My life is ever-changing

Though I view it as stagnant,

Maybe my eyes are narrowed

On just some partial fragment.

Peace often escapes me

And doubt floods my mind,

Will I fail or will I succeed

Is the million-dollar question shared by all mankind.

Maybe we aren’t really meant to know

If the voyage we’re on will change,

Time will do the orating of our life’s story

Even though we may find that rendition strange.

Trust in the universe

And try to subdue your doubt,

Life is a mystery

That’s what life is all about.

Grant Fuerstenau is a Medical Student at the University of Louisville School of Medicine and the editor of The Biographical Historian.