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"A Moment in Time" by Arasi Arivarasu

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January 15th, 2026

A Moment in Time

by Arasi Arivarasu

Surrounded by white day and dark night
My fingers wrap around a timeless clock
Ticking away the ambiguous moments
Where there seems to be no time
For a brown girl like me.
But then the clock's hands started to move
And I realized
My fingers are the roots that connect white flowers
To black soil in the spring.
The bronze in my veins pulses
In rhythm with the heartbeat of the brown earth in the fall.
Then the clock stops once more
And so I wait
To wake again to the sunrise that comes before morning
And become the golden skin drenched in the setting sun's glow.

About the Poet
Arasi Arivarasu resides in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Read the poet's biography and Young Poets World publications on Arasi Arivarasu's Artist Page.

Young Poets Collection
This poem is also featured in Young Poets Collection #1, published in the Young Poets World Library.

Keywords: connection, self-love, sunshine, hope

Previously published in Young Poets 12 and Under:
Black Pearl
by Ruby Rodriguez Nellis

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