Just One More Day
Just One More Day
There was once a man, for whom I held an adoration so sincere
He was my instructor, the one who brought out my love for Shakespeare
He was an old man
But he was one among a million
I saw him last when I completed my middle education
When I bid him adieu with a smile on my face and in my heart, desolation
His classes were the best
I did feel not like I was toiling but his lessons flew such that I felt like I was at rest
We went our ways, our paths were found on the opposites
Though he did wish for me to attempt on my re-sits
I soon forgot about him
But then, with time, I did want to share with him, my life's whims
Oh bloody curse, the day I phoned at his home
I learnt that he had left for the other realm
After having suffered a tumor in the brain
So deep was my wound, so strong was my pain
But hey that's life
It does never last, anyone's breath
Things of today do easily become those of the past
To the mundane one should never cling so fast
But if he did come back for one more day
Why, I would cry of course, and say
You were the best teacher that I had
See, today, your teachings have made of me a girlish bard
You were right in so many ways
I wish I had listened to you, that I became not one the strays
After all, you were for me, the role model
I always looked at you and wanted to be someday, like you, the students' angel
I have still not yet met a teacher as empathic as you
You could read me; to really see me, you were one of the few
I miss you, I miss your classes
I miss your ironical passes
You always used to bestow on us blessings
Now, I am sure there where you are, you brighten up all those beings
Why, if I could have one more day with you, dear teacher
I would have had with you, such a conversation, one being more than deeper!
8 December 2015
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