Colleagues to bother and coffee cups to hold,
salts to dissolve and liquids to stir,
see you standing and counting the minutes.
In moments of idle attention
ideas waiting in line come to the front
with a smiling face and the index up.
Nothing to do, plant seeds for tomorrow.
Drop by drop it condenses
The small lovely molecules
In a glass joyful as a balloon.
Patient Weeks have been necessary
For a single result,
For milligrams of value
I will not drop.
Chemistry is around me,
my coffe tastes so bitter,
thank you little tannins.
Biology is in my belly,
my bread has many bubbles,
thank you budding yeast.
Another day has passed
Through my clicks and my printings
In the busy lab
Who looks forward.
Lab animals feed on planning the future
And snack on tiny bites of promising mistakes
While the mission proceeds.
Delight is in the small things,
In the vivid color of solutions,
In the panicky stirring of a magnet,
In the regular wobble of a shaker.
Brief moments staring at the beauty
Rewards you for the effort
And make you chase your scientific elegance.
