How I Teach

What I teach

You will forget

So I will teach it again

Until you get it

I promise that

I will not get angry

When you don’t understand

Tell me you don’t understand

And I am happy

To teach it again

If you come to me with an empty cup

I will fill it up

If you come to me with a cup that is full

There is nothing I can teach you

And nothing you can learn
I will try
To take the scales from your eyes
To start a fire
With the branches and brambles you bring
And make a light
In the darkness
To warm you
Before you strike out on the road ahead