Student Teacher

You look at me with longing eyes,

As I still remember

All too well,

Being filled with such need.

You look to me for answers,

As I look to you for questions.

This dance of ours, student and teacher,

Timeless and essential,

Overflowing with potential and promise

Within a maze of rigor and expectations,

Is sacred

And a privilege to behold!

If you knew what I know,

And I knew what you know,

How much we’d learn

From each other

About such matters

Not found in books.

Together we set sail

On a journey of a lifetime

Striving for goals sewn by limitless wonder.

Through waves of abounding challenge and discovery,

You teach me more than you will ever realize.