12 January 2006

lonely teacher

the sun sets
somewhere
behind your
cement statues
cherubs

what can you
learn
lonely late life ?

teach me ,
teach me

collected
so many ferns
so many pots
now they sit outside
their classroom past

the sun sets
somewhere
behind those
houseplants

decades of
postered thoughts ..
egypt is out there
undiscovered
by forsaken

explored
your other life
of learning
in your daydreams

late night
so thankful for
your cats that
have their
own lives

beautiful
who lived to
teach

you are not
so forgotten
as it seems