From Science To Poetry Poem by Kenneth Maswabi

I have no reason to regret my decision
The trajectory of my life is a parabola
Science helped map my life's equation
But now I have fallen in love with Poetry
I have chosen beauty over brains
Science is amazing but Poetry is the ecstasy
The nectar of life is not a scientific equation
The berries of life are found hanging in trees
How can I have missed this important lesson?
Life's lessons are full of joy and sorrow
But science taught me the source of pain
From the neurovascular bundles to the network of nerve fibres
Science was not romantic and aromatic
Poetry is the source of my romantic words
My lovers devour all of my flavors
You cannot miss my sweet spot
It is all poured on paper
Just like the ejaculation of time
I am flowing into an unknown future
Full of life but yet drawn to the mystery of the unknown
I am the monument of passion and poetry is my pedestal
How can I say no to this proposal?
Science was good to me
Filling me with the magic of numbers
I was always dumbfounded by the complexity of life
But now poetry gave me the taste of heaven
I am flabbergasted by the simplicity of life
It is not something to compare
Science holds its own secrets in petri dishes and test tubes
But Poetry reveals secrets inside my heart
It is a joy to have known science
It is a miracle to hold the beautiful spirit of poetry
And be naked on the bed of life
I am not dreaming, it is my lover's nest
That occupies my heart
I know some people will call me mad
But then who has not fallen in love
And tasted the ecstasy of being
Poetry is the summit of my search for knowing
I have travelled the plains of life
Plastered with foreign dogmas, intoxicated with logic
But now I am free from the hallucinogens
I am rehabilitating myself inside the tabernacle of being
Silence is my remedy and my doctor
Unconditional Love is my doctrine
From now on, call me not a Scientist
I am a Spirit Poet

© Kenneth Maswabi