Twenty-two years ago an eleven year old girl wrote a poem that would change her life (and career) forever. It also grew into many poems that, collectively, became Chemistry, Not Science-the words transcending time as they draw upon ageless subjects of love, loss, loneliness, persistence, change and renewal. Written with grace and wit, this contemporary work of poetry aims to pull at one's heartstrings while at the same time eliciting recognitions-Hey, I've felt this way, too!-attempting to both challenge and heal the modern human soul.