A Determined Dreamer
Liliwen Joy Crafts-Rahn
Charles Darwin was born in 1809,
at The Mount in Shrewsbury Town;
an independent and curious boy,
who preferred worms on the piano as a toy,
as school made him frustrated and frown.
His teachers said he was lazy,
they said he had no concentration at all;
but his ability to procrastinate,
made his teachers rather irate,
as he daydreamed about beetles on the school wall.
His father wanted him to be a Doctor,
so did his mother as well;
but when dealing with blood,
Darwin thought “I’m better with mud!”,
and he left to find his next shell.
He travelled the globe on HMS Beagle,
to the Galapagos known most famously;
Darwin observed and reflected,
finding specimens that he collected,
studying finches beaks meticulously.
From his studies and his findings,
he formed the Theory of Evolution;
others thought life was created by our Lord,
a theory Darwin found to be flawed,
which started a science revolution.
In 1859 he wrote the Origin of Species,
brave to publish such controversial themes;
ultimately he was a devoted family man,
with Polly his dog included in his determined plan;
Darwin shows us to always follow our dreams.