I’m a Teacher, My Happiness springs from My Accomplishments
I'm a teacher,My happiness springs from the accomplishments of my students. My sorrows and joys have been largely governed by the smiles and tears of my students. I have wept with tears of Joy at the weddings of former students and have shed tears and held their hands in grief...
I Think I Grew Up
I think I grew upWhen I foundMy own friends wore perplexing masksto climb rungs of success I think I grew upWhen I discovered religion, race, or colorWere mere excuses for grownupsTo shed blood I think I grew upWhen the chill of deathFroze and disoriented meThen the real search for life's answers began I...
A Mother’s Guilt
Listen my son as you lie fast asleepGuiltily by your bedside, I creepYou look like an innocent angelWith a smile on your lips and a curl on your cheek I recall in the morning I scolded youFor spilling your food while you ateYou waved goodbye and IFrowned back as I rushed...