Years of My Life

A Journey from 1944 to … Now

2011–2012 School Year

Retired

And so it all was over now—

The classes, students, homework that

Compose a teacher’s life—an acrobat,

Of sorts, a teacher is somehow.

I missed so many things at first—

My colleagues, students—just the way

I got to spend each waking day—

From good to bad, from best to worst.

But Facebook very soon became

The way I stayed in closer touch.

I soon just loved it—very much—

Though it, of course is not the same.

I published many book reviews—

And books on Amazon Direct.

(No time, no way I could connect

With publishers—just with my muse.)

My cancer was a ticking clock—

And I just did not have the time

To dabble (yeah, I know: a crime),

So out words went—no time for talk.