September 30, 2007

“Try to remember a time in September…”

when you were young, so bright and chipper,

when school was fun and days exciting.

Try to remember the joy of September

When learning was your main occupation -

Watching kids go off to school,

Eager to learn and laugh and play,

Backpacks slung across a shoulder,

Active minds that greet each new day,

Classrooms filled with new agendas,

Challenges for mind and spirit,

Teachers guiding agile students,

Priming each who choose to hear it.

When does learning cease to be

Something that we hope to see

As daily effort, ideas abound?

When do words morph into sound

That somehow fails to pique the mind,

Turning into daily grind?

How does life become so gray

That we have trouble on the way?

Because we see the steely sky

And never ask or wonder why

We find our lives a daily trudge,

Filled with anger, fear and grudge.

Yet children know the joy of day,

They see the light and hope display

That God has sent us to release

By singing, learning, knowing…

                                       

                                          Peace,
                                              Alex

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