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By Sawyer Depp
To step beyond what is known,
Strikes fear in those
Who have never been before.
Like a bird who’s never flown:
Leaving its nest,
Bearing its wings,
Puffing its chest,
Daring to take
Its
Next
Step
To step beyond what is known.
It is for us to decide
How we spend time’s brevity.
Like the stars above our heads,
Beckoning to us, so intensely,
We dream of them, but;
Surely,
We will never reach them.
To step beyond what is known.
To brave the great expanse.
Some call it insanity.
Like a sailor alone at sea:
Lost by most,
But not by He.
His hands outreach
To those same stars:
The dreams of
You and me.
Like the bird who flies,
Or the sailor who sails,
Let us be who we were called to be.
So go.
Dare to find
Your own humanity.
Sawyer, of Fort Thomas, Ky., is a member of the McConnell Scholars class of 2024 at the University of Louisville. He studies political science, history, and creative writing.