You'Re It
I have recently come to know
A special lady who reminds me of myself.
For sixty plus years ago in school
It seems I did not fit in
There was the I'm better than you group
And then there was me.
It was there and then I decided
I'd not worry about the crowd
I was going to what I thought best
And chose to be myself.
If they wanted to act superior
I'd not stand in their way
If pleasing boys was their goal
I'd not their babies raise.
I'd do my thing and be satisfied
That I did it the best I could
And if they didn't like it
More power to me I said.
In l956 and 7 I took a teaching job
And one little girl so shy and timid
Stood out from the rest.
I tried to instill in them self worth
As well as books of knowledge
For you see I hoped one day
They would go off to college
Forty-eight years later the year 2005
I managed to contact her
So glad she was alive.
When she my letter did reply
I got quite a shock
These are the lines she did write
Mrs. Beer do you remember
How shy and timid I was
Well, when you left school that year
I never was shy again
This concerned me for I wondered
Was it good or bad
Then a friend told me
Of the wonderful life she had
So maybe I did do al right
And when we chanced to meet
She was a sweet self confident lady
So unlike that little girl I knew
Why did I write this down
The reason you see
Michaela, I have tagged you
You remind me of me.
Cile Beer
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