Words from a Teacher's Past, 18

“Words, words, words.”

—    Hamlet (2.2)

List #4: (c) raze, (d) writhe

Perhaps they’ll raze your house of dreams—

While you just stand and writhe in pain.

But loss need not be what it seems:
A house of dreams can rise again.

Rebirth requires an active mind—

Requires belief in self, in hope,

In creativity—the kind

That balances a gyroscope.