A Teacher’s View     09/07/95 @ 3:00 AM
                                

A sea of new faces
just waiting to embrace us
Their hopes hidden from view
riding upon the fear
of the first day of school.

Some will wear a smile
talking all the while
to anyone nearby
the need to socialize
will enter the Junior High
on into the new grade
reliving memories of summers 
last days
Fears of Fall begin to fade

Starting winters long school days
means new classes
each a new teacher
with new rules to break
Just have to find a way
No task is 
that difficult to escape
when bathroom passes 
are so easily faked

It’s a new year
with new fears
a chance to correct 
last years mistakes
and better yet 
an opportunity to perfect
my better days

With all this said
It’s time to go back to bed
So that I can awake
and do my very best
to make today 
no less
than perfect in every way...

© Rodney C. Walmer  09/07/95