Here I am

Each day when the dawn breaks,
when you may still be asleep,
Here I  am wide awake
Getting ready to serve your children at work. . .

And today I heard you say
Why I chose this way
I bet you only have a glimpse sight
How blessed, challenging, and joyful this work -that I'd rather call a gift.

So, you are a doctor,
And you are engineers, university proffesors, artists, and great enterpreneurs?
Then, you call me a second class -marginalized- civillian
Because I am only an elementary school teacher?

Yes ...
You are damn right!!
Anyway, I'd like to humbly invite you to my class

Welcome to our class!

Today,
As we began to pray,
Yosua yelled and Yuli yawned
There's a rule to follow
and in an instance I became a police officer

Then, they started to argue,
while others claimed for a reason
and there I was
acting as a judge

we did an experiment today,
and suddenly I was a biologist
that was before Willy broke the scale,
and I had to be an engineer to fix it

When the bell rang,
they started to play football
as usual Budi and Ivan fought again
and I had to be a "war" negotiator

Gereeth's knees were wounded in the football game,
He cried, and the other started to scream
Then, I had to be a doctor
trying my best to cure his wound

And after all . . .
I hope you all
have felt the enlightment
That I once felt, and still feel

The enlightment that gave me the courage to decide,
to walk in this little, stony -yet astonishingly wonderful- path.