Monday, September 5, 2016

To My Teachers with Love....

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I was like a little lost kitten in the big bad world,
Confused and overwhelmed by the madness and confusion abound,
Life appeared like a long dark, stone strewn path,
And I was completely clueless on finding my way around.

Barraged by a million questions and problems,
Flooded by a cacophony of meaningless numbers and sounds,
Expectation writ large on faces of loved ones,
I incessantly worried how I would ever cruise along.

But then there was Light!! And You breezed in dear Teacher,
With a smiling face and kind eyes full of compassion unbound,
You held on to my damp little hand gently but firmly,
And promised to show me how to get around.
  
Puzzled, Bewildered, Baffled and Perplexed,
I stumbled and fell a thousand times,
Lucky for me I was always pulled up,
By your strong hand that firmly and lovingly held on to mine.

I was fearful, afraid and unsure of the path,
The crests worried me and so did the troughs,
But  I placed in you my absolute faith and trust ,
And to say the least in the end it wonderfully paid up.

I slowly staggered to the end of the tunnel towards the light,
White, luminous and brilliant, a messenger of knowledge and hope ever so bright,
The darkness melted and my confidence zoomed
And I fluttered my tiny wings and took the final flight.

Ever since..
I have soared high over scores of dark paths and tunnels,
And glided through the treacherous trails of mountains and burrows,
But to this day when I  spread my confident wings to fly against the race of time,
I distinctly feel the strong grip of your loving hand on mine.


Happy Teacher’s Day to all my wonderful teachers who held my hand through the dark tunnel of ignorance leading me to the bright light of knowledge!!