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Spring - 24
Relativity
Relativity
by Radhika, Grade 9
In the light years ahead of me,
My theory of relativity,
Supersedes my originality,
Leaving behind a chaotic sea.
This notion leaves commotion.
Reminding me that my options are not from totality,
But frugality.
Lie not in the entity,
But in what I am destined to be.
For the questions that surround me erratically,
I pick paths that allow me to be,
On bended knees bowing in the face of normality.
I pick options that are relatively better than all others I know,
That drip stability, and nothing more.
Certainly, there are other bridges I may traverse,
But I am too afraid to venture alone,
I cannot enter the belly of the beast on my own.
This dilemma of relativity lives on its own.
It does not care if I forget to feed it
Or breed it,
It insistently strings inanity
On its own.
Until of course I surrender,
Feeling safety in its creed, feeling comfort in the idea it seeds.
Soon I myself assist its goal.
Tethered to mundanity, a fate I myself mold.
I accept that an individual who has been arranged systematically,
Is relatively better than a possible tragedy.
This is my theory of relativity.
A ruling that supersedes a true reality,
Where I hold hands with theorized insanity.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
We wish to acknowledge this land on which Branksome operates. For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Wendat, the Seneca, and most recently, the Mississaugas of the Credit River. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous peoples from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work and go to school on this land.*
*The Land Acknowledgement may evolve as we honour our commitment to Truth and Reconciliation in partnership with Indigenous communities.
*The Land Acknowledgement may evolve as we honour our commitment to Truth and Reconciliation in partnership with Indigenous communities.
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