Calling All Teachers

by Carrie L. Baumann
© 2003

Look…
My hands are so much smaller,
thank you for holding my future in yours.

Hear…
My voice is so much more timid,
thank you for giving me the words to conquer the world.

Feel…
My heart reach out to you
because you are so much more than a teacher to me.

You are the mother or father I never had or knew.

You are the hero I look up to.

You are the mentor that believed in me.

You are the one somebody who actually cared.

I thank God for teachers because without you

I would have had nowhere to receive the love and attention

I should have gotten from home.