Teacher

I make the space for the brains to thrive

Creating safety

Encouraging fun

Being a peripheral part 
of the excited buzz
Of the hive of minds 
as they pollinate each other

Witnessing their outrage, 
their passion,
their determined agency 
in the wryly augmented world 
that they know to be theirs

Celebrating the brilliance
in every one of them
In all the manifestations it makes
As it shines through 
via their unique and essential imprints

It’s like resting in a forest
As I survey in wonder
the miracles surrounding me 
All these perfect human trees 
Growing amongst one another

I am in awe

I am humbled 

May they thrive
I whisper in my heart 
As I meet their eyes and say their names