Also Music Education
This one was for Music Education class, part of a visual representation of the master teacher:
The typhoon of her family, the volcanic isle
Leaving scars hidden beneath the feigned half-smile
Or the strong headed youth in the wrong part of town
Lost in the violent waves with naught but to drown
There’s found the Master Teacher in the midst of the pyre
With the stability she craves and the safety he desires
Here she wishes to be more than a pool
But a sea or an ocean with the world her foot stool
Here his eyes droop too low into stagnant bay
Bereft the chance to dive head first in the foray
There’s seen the Master Teacher with excitement to spare
And the knowledge to take her young mind from here to anywhere
Away she’s a lone ship miles from anyplace
That desires her fleet again, or even a familiar face
He too in isolation with none to call “friend”
Where to find the trust all need in one whom he can depend?
Here provides the Master Teacher, a choir of brothers
With Love and friendship, at last for each other
Now here’s the sad puddle, no Love for its kind
With not even a gram of self esteem to find
Conversely there’s the young rascal, who knew it all then
And now cares for naught but a few smokes and gin
There’s where the Master Teacher can give the rod he needs
Or the encouragement of value, and the desire to succeed
The result is perfection, whether it be sweep stakes or threes
The joys are the perfection, and the Master Teacher keeps these