Elena Wilson
Rockville, Maryland, United States
Up and down, up and down they rise
Forgetting so easily all of the cries
Cries for help, cries for change
Cries for more, cries for days
Down and up, and down they fall
Seeking hope, finding walls
Walls of iron, walls of steel
Walls of words, walls of kneels
Change is brewing, slowly soon
A coming change from sun to moon
Tides are turning, quickly now
Seize the moment sweat on brow
Up and down, up and down they rise
All I hear now are the cries
Cries for action, cries for more
Cries to end this hidden war
ELENA M. WILSON is a graduate of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with degrees in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Germanic Literature and Culture. Currently, she is completing a Post-Baccalaureate fellowship before applying to combined M.D./Ph.D. programs. She hopes to become a physician-scientist who creates a space for the humanities in medicine and science. Her specific interests lie in bioethics, nephrology, and immunology.
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