The Vainona Parable

Constant fear... The school... You feel it is near Ever present... The bigger boys.. Thumping too It's not you You have no voice Everyday ,constant fear The steps to avoid The dread inside The bigger boys... The happiness died The wall built.. To protect yourself For the time there is not real The failure guilt The bigger boys... Crushing you under their heel The teachers? What can you do? A gentle heart.... Thrashed... For the smallest thing What is the meaning? When it gets too much, You retreat..... Protect yourself What you must endure... To please the parents Who gave all.... In good faith..... To learn the school song....... in the hall... Forget the hymn book.... Take a thrashing for all How they forget.... what a school is for... Nurturing as it should... Prepare us for adulthood You live for today.... For you know... Tomorrow... Is only a beating away The years passed.... The crippled teachers fade The pupils they made.. Made to last....... Dark depression The bullying impression The pupils mindset..... Forgive and forget...... For their is life beyond The Vainona school days The Mrs Suttles Odendaals too cannot beat.. The heart that beats true They cannot crush... What makes us so..... What makes them small We grow......... We stand tall........... They fade away.... They have nothing to say So endeth the lesson.......... You cannot beat........ You cannot dim.......... The spirit within........... The teachers and bullies failed.......... The spirit prevailed