-Year’s End-
Teacher, I know that your lessons were necessary
But I don’t feel like I really learned.
There was the math and science
And history in my brain.
That doesn’t mean that I have gained intelligence
It shows that I only gained knowledge of something that will only haunt me
As I try to figure out the real lessons in life.

Teacher, don’t hate me because I know you.
I felt your pain until the year’s end.
I have met the love in my life
I’ve lost him in that breath.
I didn’t know I could go to you.
I didn’t know that you cared.
The lesson that I must learn is the lesson that you taught me.
To care.

Teacher, I think that I really failed you
After all the things you’ve said to convince me to do right.
Like a religious icon, a holy ghost,
A friend and parent in one.
It took a lot of courage to see that you kept me alive.
My inspiration was in the room with me as I took the final test to see my knowledge.
I told you the stories to heal myself
And yet I didn’t have the decency to ask you if you were doing all right.
I knew your existence; I felt your pain as the other people ignored your cries.
Teacher, you’re the only person in which I can rely.
Thank you for bringing real joy into my life.

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