Read the excerpts from "Escape" and "To Live." I wait anxiously
Feeling my stomach
A block of ice
Chipping away, melting,
Then freezing up again

* * *

trial and error
minus lab write-up
feeling without
a thesis
learning youth

What theme is expressed in both of these excerpts?

Education is an important part in discovering who you really are.
People often see you differently than you see yourself.
It can be very difficult to know yourself and your place in the world.
Life’s distractions can make it difficult to know yourself.