Sohil's Story

    Recently I have been watching a lot of March Madness. Filling out my bracket, rooting for my favorite team, Michigan, and watching basketball make March Madness lots of fun. However, by watching the games I learned a lot outside of basketball.      One of the big upsets has been Oral Roberts University advancing to the Sweet Sixteen. To do this, they beat Ohio State and Florida. No one thought they would make it this far but they overcame the odds of playing two difficult games and proved everyone wrong. This showed me that no matter what anyone says, as long as you believe in yourself anything is possible.      The second lesson I learned came from the Illinois vs Loyola Chicago game. Illinois was coming off a great season and had the number 1 seed and many people thought they could win the championship. However, Loyola Chicago beat them to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. Even though you could see a lot of the Illinois players were hurt by this loss, it is important to remember they

 You say goodbye to your parents Your belongings are packed You drive away from your house And start your new journey. While driving you look out the window And see beautiful flowers everywhere All along the sides of the road Are orchids the brightest, richest shade of purple. Orchids shoot out of other cars exhaust Orchids raining from the sky Orchids sticking to your windshield Orchids cloud your vision.  You get to your dorm And turn on the lights Your bed is covered in orchids And your orchids litter the floor.  Yet even in the midst of all the orchids You still miss back home.  This poem was my spin on Orchids Are Sprouting From the Floorboards by Kaveh Akbar. The poem is about distracting yourself from a distress in your life. 

 I sit at my desk Typing on a medium screen Feeling a little tired I have to sip some caffeine Once I finish working On my medium screen I can start to relax And change the scene I switch my attention To a smaller screen Scrolling through stories About the COVID vaccine I should get some fresh air, I think to myself I glance outside, the sunset red as a rose But Netflix calls to me on a large screen Fresh air isn't that important I suppose It's time to go to bed I finally shut of my screen Resolving to decrease my screen time But I can't escape my routine.