Be a Poet

A poem by Achuthan Panikath

Tue Mar 10 2026

Be a poet
Dream. Dare.
Get lost in the chaos.
Spend eternities to peel art back into colors on your palette
Forego sleep to orchestrate the dream of the northern lights
Chase down the truth of matter within the qubits
Open the eyes of the scientists to the realms of fresher impossibilities
Fight the unwinnable debates
Speak the uncomfortable truths.
Love. Lose. Love again.
Cry for the lost utopia.
Raise the bar of minimum virtue
As inch by inch we gain the grounds lost to walls of fear.
Blaze the trail and envision glory.
Drop traditions to act consciously–
A moment spent as dreamt; liberated from the weights of the imperfect dead
And empowered by the pathos of the living and free.
Play god in your neural galaxy
For you are one.
You are a poet.