Teacher of Mine
Sense of untrust and unease
insanity-
couldn't feel a thing and crying for help
losing -
Another year and nothing has changed
another thought and it's all the same
abusive people and abusive mind
that's all that's mine but was left behind
Lost again, unknown as I am
Nameless-
To this disease in my head
Uncoping-
Sitting at a desk unconscious of the subject
Just there as a still doll, with tangled hair and glass eyes
Slipping through the cracks of education
Dealing with this silent devastation
They have a strange mind, strange person
intriguing -
New lesson, new topic
Odd-
No longer just needed to just pass
But instead, needing to understand
Then I fall again under stress and illness
Crippled by the monster that leaves me hopeless
He's curious of what's on our minds
To me it’s:
Monitoring-
He wants to understand his pupils and what they’re going through
To me it’s:
Scary-
He asks a series of questions and gives us papers to fill out
To put down my own personal thoughts…
Should I spit the truth, and take a leap?
To find help, to find a way out of a hole that's way too deep...
I couldn't take in air to my lungs
Anxiety-
Staring at the paper in front of me
Breaking-
Contemplating to actually let in a person who has power over me
To pick up my pencil and circle something…
Confirming for the first time…
And leaving evidence of what I thought was a crime
I did it, he saw
Oh no-
He read it, I know he knows
In trouble-
Few days have passed and nothing
I thought I fell through the cracks again, but not of education but of an educator
Until one day at the end of class of an empty room
He approached me and I felt like I was being trapped in a tomb
But he let me breathe
Patient-
Showed that it’s fine and okay
Calming-
Worked through with me to my surprise
Grateful to have found a safe place without judgment
Feel a little more at peace, clarity, whole, and unused
All that started with: “Why do you think you’re being abused?”