Nomads

By Sara Kaufman

What a privilege it is 
to see this world 
through the wonder of a poet
and the wander of a nomad
traveling at thirty kilometers per second
around the light of our world

It all started with fission
some call it fiction
but I once watched a heart split in two

After all 
               we all grew
from the same molecules

Do you remember when you were water?
I like to think I do 

My soul still roils in the sunlight
‘till my irises swirl
in the incandescent heat of a sun
of a star

I cast a wish last night
and I can’t tell you what it is
but it begins with you and me
and them
and us
and those between

We were all water once
and will be once again
but until then

We’re nomads

Sara Kaufman is a college student in Baltimore, MD. She uses poetry as a way to blend her creative spirit with her passion for biomedical engineering. You can find Sara’s pieces in Creative Communications, Writers’ Warehouse, and Adolescent Voices; she has also performed at the Peabody Institute & Disney World.