Okay, I know. I’ve already done my 180 for the year. So, please humor me as I for one day change it to Project 181.
For my readers.
I Believe You There
Each morning I rise
And believe you there
As my fingers fumble
And sleepy eyes stare
At the screen
Trying to find
What I might write
From my mind
Some days easy
Some days hard
I’m a blogger
Not a bard
Either way
I believe you there
And so I find
Something to share
I believe you there
It creates account
To what my work
Might amount
Flights of fancy
Sometimes take hold
Other times I find
My fight more bold
Three years now
I’ve believed you there
So I wrote to write
As I breathe the air
I believe you there
And imagine your mind
When you read my words
What do you find?
I’m never quite sure
I try to guess
What sense you might make
Of my mess
If I could
Just plant a seed
I wish these words
You might heed
I believe you there
I truly do
But my words I hope
Help you find you
I believe in reflection
This you know
It’s a superfood
It helps us grow
So when I believe
You there my friend
I imagine you chasing
Your own noble end
To know that maybe
This is true
Gives me the heart
To start anew
My early morning
Sleepy-eyed stare
All because
I believe you there
Thank you, all. Have a great summer.
Do. Reflect. Do Better.
Hi Monte. I am here and I love that you are here too. Your words have enlightened me, inspired me, and lifted up my heart. Thanks for sharing your journey and putting the spotlight on relationships and learning through reflection.
Thank you, Melissa. Happy summer.
“What do you find?”
I find one line that disappoints –
“I’m just a teacher”
…
and here I think
I need to anoint
“Sy” with my thoughts
on how words matter
and “just” should not be
in his poems or chatter.
Teachers like him
are hard to find
ones that share share share
and are so kind
not asking anything from us
as we soak up his words
that he wrote long ago
when the only thing awake was birds…
I’m no good at sappy rhymes
but saw Kristin’s above
and had to try
the love.
Wishing you all the best this summer! Words to replace “just a teacher” – counselor, mediator, listener, problem-solver, contributor, author, explorer, collaborator, adventurer, risk-taker, learner, visionary, coach, guide, supporter, amplifier, leader, change-agent, difference-maker, hero… 🙂
Hi, Joy. Thank you for catching my poorly phrased line. Changed it to
“Some days easy
Some days hard
I’m a blogger
Not a bard”
Also wishing you the best summer, friend. Thank you for keeping me honest.
Thank you so much for being you! Reading your poem reminds me that, as teachers, we often do not know whose lives we have truly touched. So, this if for you from me 🙂
I am here
I read your prose
How many are we
No one knows
You influence, encourage
Guide and teach
It is not only your students
That you reach
I may not read
each word each day
I am also teacher
(No time, I say!)
I know your students
Are fortunate to know
You care always
As they learn and grow
It’s folks like you
In our field of work
That make me proud
While others smirk
We don’t do it
For the pay
We do it so that
We can say
Two, three, five, ten
Years from now
A difference I made
Even if I don’t know how
Happy summer to you
And please keep writing
Your words, your stories
Are always enlightening!
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” ~W.B. Yeats
You help to keep my fire bright!
Thank you,
Kristin Whitmore
Program Director of General Education,
Hybrid & Student Success Coordinator
Fortis Institute
Nashville, TN
Wow. I was really touched by this, Kristin. Thank you so much. Have a great summer.
Thank you Sy! I’ve been there and so happy to have found you and your journey. I feel like I am walking along beside you many days. I appreciate you! Happy Summer.
Thank you. Glad we are walking together. Happy Summer.