Where do my theorems wander?

    Geometry came to me from a humble farmer
    Who measured his land near the Nile River
    And came via a visionary who said space may not have a parallel
    And via my teacher who taught a priori soap bubbles

    Making a companion with geometry
    I learned and studied proof-writing
    And composed stories of my own theorems
    Where, then, do my theorems wander?

    They went first to a philosopher
    Who believes the truth of life is not always provable
    And went to a writer
    Who wonders why proving a theorem is like telling a story

    And finally, my theorems have soared to the sky
    To nameless stars in the Milky Way
    Glistening down upon us
    Telling stories of beauty and harmony

    Yet the fascinating problems that I fail to solve
    Disheartening me, where did they go?
    They are still playing hide-and-seek
    Giving an illusion to many a mathematician

    In the atlas of mathematics, the Nile River is flowing
    Past you and me all the way to the Milky Way
    But somewhere between the Nile and the galaxy
    Lies the purgatory of our unsolved problems

    Yet high above, my stars will get along
    With your stars until the world's very end

       written by Jaigyoung Choe and presented at the International Conference on Differential Geometry and its Applications, Jeju Island, June 2023