"To Sonder" by Katherine Hemrick

To Sonder

I sit and wonder.

My mind wanders to far places.

I wish to know strangers,

To feel what they feel deep down.

Their own thoughts,

Their own wishes,

Their own beliefs.

My heart overflows

As bittersweet emotions consume me.

A question I wish to solve,

A mystery I wish to crack.

Like a detective at work,

I try my hardest to understand.

Yet, I have no idea where they’ve been,

And where they're off to next.

There is beauty in knowing

That we dream different dreams.

-Katherine Hemrick, freshman