Yes,I've been doing that all the time -
but more so lately ...
i've been counting the days to the day i retire,
all this while
but now, as the days draw nearer
i'm counting the hours,
to stretch things a bit longer,
to make memories grow longer,
to enjoy every moment of each day, slowly ...
i'll not even let an hour slip by
without doing something note-worthy and praise-worthy
i'll not let any day pass by
without maximising every minute of every hour
and i know what all this signify:
that when it finally dawned on me
that i have to leave behind
all that i'm so used to doing ...
i didn't want to let go
of all the familiar faces
i've grown to love so well
faces of strangers who have become great friends
i've grown to enjoy
all those little angels
that God sent my way ...
all the eager, innocent little impish smiles
that made me laugh
and make my heart swell with love
when they queue up to salam,
and when they kissed my hand ...
i know i will be missing them all
on that day when i step out of the school gates
and wave goodbye
for the last time ...
I do feel you have numbered your teaching days well.
ReplyDeleteNot so much of you missing them, but you have impacted their lives and leaving the memories of a good teacher and a special friend to the children.
Well, we learn fromour teachers...
ReplyDelete...and hope the legacy will be carried on by them, especially those who have become teachers themselves...
ReplyDeleteIt's funny how one clings onto nostalgic moments even though one knows things will one day still come to an end, no matter what we do to prevent it...
ReplyDeletePerhaps it is this fear of losing what we've always owned that makes one try to savour every minute of every second together...?
One can forgive but cannot forget.
ReplyDeleteThis is part and parcel of life for who we are.
Why not savour together....for God made us for who we are.
Yeah, i suppose you are right:
ReplyDeleteGod made the oceans a lovely blue,
and a rainbow, of all hues;
God gave flight to the birds and the bees
but made the trees 'take a rest' and stay put;
God made man and and gave him a friend,
that he may hold her hand -
and never ever feel lonely;
finally, God gave him, an angel's voice -
to sing to her, and give her sweet company ...
God made us who we are -
to be friends forever...?
God made you and i -
ReplyDeleteeach with a different task in life,
and if our paths should cross
in the pursuit of life -
God made it clear, i feel,
that friends can get together
to help each other
and to laugh, or cry, together...