Pick a poet week 11- Sarah Louis (Rae Armantrout)

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I was scrolling through poems and I came across Rae Armantrout's poem accounts. This is all about how the light got tangled. "Light was full speed when it got interrupted". This is symbolic of how life goes in general. We may be on top of the world when "bam" suddenly life's course gets altered. I felt this on a personal level. When I was in seventh grade I was planning on playing lacrosse division one in college and was on the path to getting recruited. At that time I was already getting scouted by Johns Hopkins and Stanford. That year my team won nationals and we were considered the best lacrosse team in the nation when my life changed suddenly. I got diagnosed with Lupus, an autoimmune disease that is triggered by the sun. I was on three lacrosse teams at the time, but my doctor said I had to quit all three as my symptoms were acting up. In one moment my dream to play lacrosse was shattered. I had to find new activities and other things to do in order to fill the 25 hours per week void that used to be filled by the hours of lacrosse I played. Life is a funny thing and at that moment I realized that everything happens for a reason. I channeled all my time into the Drama department, writing poetry, BBYO, and hours upon hours of community service helping children just like me who were in and out of hospitals cope with their disease. Having Lupus ironically made me a stronger person and I am so proud to have helped so many other patients with chronic diseases get through their journey as well. Although the light gets tangled, as Rae says, I believe the light always gets unraveled and has the ability to continue traveling in an upwards path. Creating a stronger path than ever before.