Poem: A Slow Learner

What I do doesn’t matter

So you’ll never convince me that

The words I say and the things I do are important

Every new day of challenges can remind me that

I’m not making progress

It’s a lie to think

I am making a difference in my students’ lives

You see

I am trying my best

But

Change comes so slowly

I can’t control the time table

It is freeing that

Now I finally recognize the truth

If I don’t see results, they must not be there

And

I should just give up 

I used to believe

I am not doing this alone

But

God doesn’t step in and magically fix everything

The Helper isn’t helping

You can’t convince me

I am being used for a purpose bigger than myself

It took me so long to understand this

I guess I’m a slow learner

(Now read up from the bottom.)

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