Do you realize ...

TEDxUofM conference asks: If you made the statement, “Do you realize… ” to the world, what would you express?" My entry was the below poem, which got selected :) Looking forward now to attending the conference!

Do you realize the power of dreams

Of imagination let loose

Culmination of a myriad schemes

Striking like the lightning of Zeus



Do you realize the power of hope

Of wanting a better life

Optimism in its infinite scope

A world free of strife



Do you realize the power of the mind

Of dreaming the truly impossible

Perhaps mankind’s greatest find

That makes magic possible



Do you realize the power of science

Of understanding the world around

Looking at the grand alliance

Of the everyday mundane and the greatly profound



Do you realize the power of You

Of understanding we are made of sterner stuff

If only everybody knew

They were diamonds in the rough