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I am the total I am the sum I am a fresh start I am made of all that came before I am made of all that comes after. My skin is made of the sawdust, covering the ground of a lumber yard Essence of trees long past Trees that watched the world Now planks in houses in Florida. I am made of the rolling hills of Humboldt The water of the eel river flows through my veins A dome in the grass A cabin on the side of a hill More recent that the sawdust Still a generation before me I am made of the streets of Seattle Compacted to form my bones The clouds of its rainy sky form my lungs They draw in the air Filled with energy by this city The city of poets, of painters, of photographers The city of engineers, scientists, and inventors Artists in their own right I am among both, a scientist and a poet A lab coat and a pen In the same breath I draw in spirit Not just mine, the city's, or even the worlds They are the spirit of the next generation The Picard to my Kirk They will come bearing new learning Learning from my mistakes Learning from what I have discovered They will gain their own knowledge They will be the best the world has seen They will craft their future as I have mine I am made of them too This is all what I am made of A amalgamation of the universe Stars forming the marks on my skin I am all that came before I am all that will come after The light of the world shines in my eyes It shines on those before It shines on those after It shines on me now