Ode to My Students

Your Smiles

Your smiles touched

The innermost core of my being

It made me contemplate

What were those pains for?

What were those tears about?

What were those fears and doubt?

If I could create a rainbow

And let you go up and down all day

I would let you waddle in the pool

And wade and swim up to your heart’s content

Or go on an island hopping

And see all the wonders of creation

And fill your psyches with joy…

If I could only carve smiles

To your face just for one day

And erase all those sorrows

That have been embedded in your system

I would gladly do it

Just to see your smiles and let you feel

How magnificent life could be…

Note: This poem is dedicated to my students...The very reason for my existence...They are all like sons and daughters to me...