Florida Tech (Alma Mater – College Poetry)

Florida Tech

Through science, Florida Tech has been to the stars.
With astronauts and aviators ascending in the study of aeronautics,
We have risen as a force in Florida education.
Florida Tech has indeed sent many to the stars. Above the realm of reality and even beyond science itself from what can only be described as natural helium. It is attained not from the gadgets of a Rocket Engine being handled in F.W. Olin, but the moment when two hands touch while reaching for its casing…
Even if it is only one of them that swiftly blasts off.
It is when combustion is felt between Panthers in Melbourne apartments,
including when it’s just a temporary spark.
And it is not through the Ortega Telescope, but rather in the dote of a companion
in the flora of the Botanical Garden,
Where Panthers see what it’s like to live in outer space.
Sometimes a pat on the back from the right professor is all it takes to thrust confidence sky high;
and sometimes it’s a hug from a castmate after a stellar College Players performance at Gleason that lets you know you’ve found your calling.
Both in the classrooms and the laboratory of life,
Panthers learn best through hands-on learning.
Above All,
We’ve learned that High Tech can lift us many places
&
That there is none such as
The Human Touch.

From Alma Mater Vol. 4: The South.

You can read the full four-volume Alma Mater collection here.

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