Mitzie Holstein - A Teacher's Pain
Do you read my inbox? <br />Can you feel my rage? <br />Do you take a gasp <br />As you read my page? <br /> <br />This verbal tiff <br />Is far adrift <br />Alone on the swelling tides <br />Hoping that one day <br />T'will be heard <br />Way above the smattering <br />Of birds <br /> <br />For with all the chatter <br />Real lives are what should matter <br />But so many do not care <br />As people pine away painfully <br />While others plan carefully <br />Waiting to sing cheerfully <br />While hurt continues desperately <br /> <br />And every year <br />It picks up steam <br />As another passenger <br />Joins the throng <br />Of teacher's hurt <br />And in pain <br />Yet doing nothing wrong <br /> <br />Who, according to some oddball view <br />Must lie and wait <br />As they set their bait <br />To belittle them <br />Again and again <br />Treating them as second rate <br /> <br />Well, I have got a point of view <br />That must be given some thought <br />So while you sit and plan <br />So will I plan and sit <br />On how to emerge from <br />This seemingly dark pit <br />That you have dug <br />As you try to pull my feet <br />From under the rug<br /><br />Mitzie Holstein<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-teacher-s-pain/
