Schooled
This saying they have, it's as old as time
Used for decades in many a rhyme
A simple statement, it holds an ancient truth
A teaching, a moral obligation to be instilled during youth
Though many forget it and thus do harm
Its meaning holds true and still carries on
Something that opens the heart and nourishes the soul
A lesson thrown upon me at seven years old
A motto, a foundation of genuine love
The compassion I longed for is what I grew to be made of
Something I clung to the moment I was forced to see
How cruel the world is for the different, for people like me
For twenty four years I've abided it's call
In the corner of those who needed it to help them walk tall
Today it holds more significance than ever
It seeks to comfort me because I have Tourette's and because of this parchment bound by leather
Nesting in my empathy and giving me strength
Guiding my pen and steadying my way
An author, a poet ticcing steady with the clock
This teaching of yesteryear remains my rock
For myself and for art, for all the futures at steak
Who would've thought that to them all it'd now relate?
This verse, this testament that I pray we would all live by
"Never Judge a Book by Its Cover "...
Simply...be kind!
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