TSLB3253 CREATIVE WRITING ∘₊✧──────✧₊∘ [ POETRY ]

 JUST A TEACHER 

by: Putri NurFarah Yasmin

I hear you say the other day,

"Oh, you are just a teacher anyway.

You laugh and play your day away.

You are free at 3, have your summers off."

You snickered softly and even scoffed.

I am sad to say, that you just do not see,

What being a teacher means to me. 

Sure, I laugh and play my day away.

Because learning is fun and that is just my way.

If I were free at 3 and had my summers off,

I would too snicker softly and even scoff,

Unfortunately my paycheck does, but I do not.

But you just see Good Sir, Ma'am, Madam or Miss,

Being just a teacher is much more than this. 

I just teach your child to read and write,

To just explore and question,

To just think and be bright.

Just dry their tears when they are having a bad day,

I am just there for them in each and every way.

Your most precious asset just deserves a lot.

And being just a teacher, I am not.

I dare you to just take a closer look.

For being just a teacher does not come in a book.

It comes from the heart and it is a passion you see.

So, being JUST a teacher is fine by me!