A Teacher's Prayer

This is a poem by Jill Wolf dedicated to my fellow 'warriors-in-arms'.


A Teacher's Prayer - Jill Wolf
I want to teach

my students more
than lessons in a book;

I want to teach them
deeper things
that people overlook-

The value of
a rose in bloom
its use and beauty, too;

A sense of curiosity
to discover
what is true;

How to think
and how to choose
the right above the wrong;

How to live
and learn each day
and grow up to be strong;

To teach them always
how to gain
in wisdom and in grace;

So they will someday
make the world
a brighter, better place.

Let me be
a friend and guide
to give these minds a start;

Upon their way
down life's long road
then I'll have done my part.


Happy Teachers' Day to all who count themselves as educators.
You are heroes.

(specially dedicated to the best teacher in the world - Mdm Fazidah Abu Bakar)