Dedicated to Lexi, Lindsey, Susie, L.J., Lydia, and the myriad others whose love for science I don't understand.
I never saw before
That what I see as dull
Boring and confusing
A waste of time
Except what�s useful
Is something more.
I never understood
That you�ve given your life
Not just pragmatically
Not for your parents
But you fight
For what you could
Enjoy doing forever
And you look at science
Like I look at art.
It moves you
Like I move my audience
It�s your passion�s endeavor
If I love my poems
You love your theory as much
And it doesn�t have to be useful
It doesn�t have to better the world.
If it�s science, that�s enough.
Stars, energy, chromosomes,
Delta, lambda, the elements
Are your medium of design
And yours isn�t so different
From the work I create
And so I�m resigned
To learn to love science.