Something is Still Not There

Jessie is an MK. who lives in Kenya. Her poem "Something is Still Not There" was chosen for publication in the magazine Teen Inc. Congratulations Jessie!

"Something is Still Not There"

By Jessie Yates

I have been here and there,

I have visited the four corners of this world,

I know all there is to be known,

Yet something is still not there.

I have learned all the languages,

From Latin to slang,

I have seen all the sights,

From the Sphinx to the New York Yankees,

I have traveled the world,

From Rome to the Green Acre Woods,

Yet something is still not there.

I attain wisdom with a command,

I have the world at my touch,

The world's dreams in my clutch.

Nothing has passed by me,

Nothing can escape my mind,

I have the knowledge,

The strength to accomplish it all,

I cannot fail,

Yet something is still not there.

Maybe if I plan that day,

That day next millennium,

More precisely,

Fill it to its fill,

And do the same with the next day,

I will have it all.

But I feel all the more empty.

I have been here and there,

I have visited the four corners of this world,

I know all there is to be known,

Except for life.

So tomorrow I will start to my days as they come,

I will still fill my life to its fill,

But without the plans,

Without the emptiness,

And then the only thing that is not there,

Is what I will have yet to accomplish.