Milan Cohen - Class of 2025 What is Inspiration?

Inspiration is a leaf, That falls from a tall tree, If you reach for it too hard, The impact sways it away Or if you don’t try to reach at all, It falls to the ground And is stomped on, By the millions of other, Thoughts that you think, Every second,

Inspiration is beauty, Beauty so captivating, So fleeting, That one's first instinct is to capture it, Knowing that beauty like such Doesn’t last

Inspiration is anger

And sadness

And disappointment, So potent and all consuming

That your only option is to let it swallow you whole, Or transform it Let it guide you

Out of the shadows, Not to hide the misery

Rather to remind you of what came from it,

Inspiration is rare, Ambushes you, at the worst moments, And challenges you to make something of it A temporary dose of greatness, A short lived opportunity to create something beyond your wildest dreams,

Inspiration is a child

That appears in front of you, And your only options are to nurture it, Help it flourish and grow, Turn it into something astonishing Or abandon it, And allow it to wither away,

Inspiration is everything, If one is not inspired,

If one does not have the desire to transform & create amazing things, To take a seed of inspiration and allow it to grow, And nourish our minds and that of those around us, There is nothing,

There is no advancement, There is no innovation, The most revolutionary, And impactful achievements of mankind Start with a small dose Of inspiration.