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| Sidney Cobb Class of 2019 |
I am the patient bystander
Watching the waves draw in and out
Always reaching towards an end
But falling only to the edge
I am the gritty dirt
Of child’s innocent play
While watchful mothers lie
Basking in my brother’s glory
I am the lonely bed of a quick weekend
Sheltering lovers, families, friends
In my warm hardened cradle
Left to memory, awaiting next year’s return
I am the modest, shy sister
Seeing the ripples of my brother
Resonate in the hearts of my people
While I offer a warm, yet neglected embrace
You are the patient artist
Seeking reprieve in my meditations
Painting the birds, scribbling down the breezes
Using me as the pallet to rest brushes and ideas
You are the invincible adolescent
Mind filled with schemes and girls
Feeling all-mighty in my yielding grip
Yet I know of your doubting mind
You are the patient mother
Coddling a toddler, free from swaddle
Who walks clumsily through my unfamiliar floor
Knowing a nervous hand will catch at every fall
My suffers and pleasures I will know alone
I am the sand beneath your feet as you leave to go back home
Sidney Cobb, of Frankfort, Ky., is a sophomore McConnell Scholar studying history and political science.