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
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