“To be lost is nothing to fear,
you are just spinning, gliding, flying
into free fall. Waiting
for the moment when your wings
detach from your sides, catch
the wind underneath their feathers
like sails. Then you learn to flow
with the change of the breeze,
learn to find your rhythm
in the wake of change
with each flap, each shift,
each breath.

To be lost is nothing to fear,
for everything that is lost
is on the path to being found.

And you, my darling, have wings.”

-Marissa Donelly

This is a poem that speaks about the feeling of displacement and being lost. We often see being displaced as a bad thing. It’s a feeling that challenges us and we don’t know how to feel comfortable with it. I think that everything is about perspective. When we see things as negative, they come into our lives with a negative effect. Often, it is helpful to switch perspectives and analyze things deeper. That’s why I encourage you to be comfortable with being uncomfortable. As college students, we may feel physically displaced at Baruch. We also may feel displaced because we are currently exploring and learning new things about ourselves. Society places a lot of pressure on deciding on a major and career. The feeling of displacement should not make this process less valuable or less enjoyable, it should make the moment more special. Therefore, I hope that this poem makes you feel less pressured and more grateful of the process ahead. We all have the power to view things the way we choose, so for a change .. get lost! Get lost within yourself in order to find yourself!