Dear Teacher

Am I just another creature?
Thriving hard to make a future?
Beyond what can undergo suture
Thoughts have almost my heart rupture

No my dear you are special
With no thought of being partial
Who has got so much potentials
That you’ve displayed from initial?

Why have I not come top in all I do?
Why hasn’t anyone asked to know who?
When I put my potentials all through
Except, sometimes, just you

Bother less on those, my dear
They have all, their own fears
Of a genius who’s so much near
That will with them this glory share

I hope not to forget who I am
For I hope to do great with these arms
To reach wide even to those in farms
Yet not to have a soul by it harm

It’s great to think less of persons
Just do your things in its right season
Without a thought of selfish reason
And their thoughts shall be to them a prison
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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Bateson Avatar
January 6, 2014 at 11:48 AM
This has a great beat - could be a rap song. Well done.
Long Avatar
November 24, 2012 at 6:56 AM
nicely done.. I love the picture your words paint. have a great day cory
Ellison Avatar
November 24, 2012 at 6:23 AM
"I hope not to forget who I am"... this line is key to your very well written poem! Kudos!
Enahoro Avatar
November 24, 2012 at 6:44 AM
thank you very much...... It's quite encouraging to get such comments from experts.
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