I am safe.. I have a teacher..

*How to distinguish a Teacher from others?
He never avoids the ignorance..
He works with it..

*Teacher with a book and stick..
Is the fully oiled lamp with a long wick..

*Ignorance was beating me black and blue..
Teacher came to my rescue..

*But he has promises to keep..
Hours to speak before the sleep..

*God created beings..
Teacher made them humans..

*Will no more be defeated by the world..
My Teacher gave me a word..

*My Teacher is a ruthless murderer..
He killed all confusion in me..

*Art, science, skill or play..
Teacher is the only way..

*Teachers are very funny to watch..
They are like many books walking together..

*Books can’t walk..
Teacher can..

*Teacher wasn’t there with me in the exam..
His knowledge was..

*Teacher is a funny being..
He promises to set us free..
himself held a captive by knowledge..

*It was all noisy and dark..
The Teacher wasn't there..

*I couldn't see the life..
Teacher formed it for me..

*The book couldn't speak..
The teacher gave it voice..

*Scholar is the one whom the knowledge made a puppet in his hands..
And Teacher, is held by expression in addition..
(Scholar has knowledge..
Teacher has expression too..)

*My Teacher's is the most melodious song..
because it fine-tuned me..

*Teacher is brutally tortured by pursuit of knowledge..
Before he starts butchering ignorance in us..

*Scholar constructs the house..
Teacher makes us live in it..

*Warrior has a sword..
Teacher has a word..

*I was a Chatterbox..
Teacher made me an orator..

*I was amid a wonderful dream..
Teacher woke me up and made it true..

*Have a great life..
have a Teacher..
Have no life of your own..
Be a Teacher..

*Ignorance hit me..
I was dead with pain..
Teacher hit me..
I was breathing again..

A Teacher deserves respect and care every day. So every day is a Teacher's day.

---Usha Sanka
05.09.2018