A love in verse

Teacher

1996-10-25
Performed by

Through that yellow light 

Of strange, mid-autumn morning 

You walked and turned as ever

Waving

Smart-casual black – a sight

That cuts across my yawning

A woman of high endeavour

Braving

The pressures and the fright

The world is always spawning

Loving, kind and clever

Not slowing

With dignity drawing young minds to her light 

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The air is grey but the temperature’s warm

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My mood is neutral, kind of brown...