The Lumberjack



Students Serving The Cal Poly Humboldt Campus and Community Since 1929

Tag: poem

  • The big scary world can be hard sometimes 

    The big scary world can be hard sometimes 

    by Emma Wilson

    The living world is hard to master at times

    thinking about how things shaped the past

    being in the present mind 

    of complicated nonstop life flow

    trying to live for a better future

    can be very complicated and painful

    But yet all remains still in the present

    Or does it? Maybe not

    But everything is connected

    Oh my gosh it’s connected!

    So hard,

    So complicated

    What am I even doing here?

    What am I even worth?

    Breathe… please brain…

    Breathe…

    Hold onto your truth

    You are strong, 

    You are loved,

    You are simply YOU 

    Please just be you!!!

  • What even is being alive?

    by Emma Wilson

    A constant motion of lovely things

    A constant flow through an endless cycle 

    As a being 

    Being a being with other beings 

    I remember this flow I live through

    And the things that help me feel

    Walking in the forest moves my feet 

    Swimming in the river holds my aching spine

    Climbing up that incline allows me to hear my heartbeat

    Biking down the street makes my breath feel divine 

    Moving through the world reminds me of what is real

    Even through this rough tough world

    I feel as though I can be alive 

    Not alone anymore 

    Even when I remember being so 

    so, so alone

    I know people too understand 

    For I am here

    A being just being real

    Though I am constantly afraid

    I am strong with those standing by my side.