Tag: peace

Ocean Waves

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far in the ocean I see

in a distant memory

life in its simplicity

a life where you are near me

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you ride alone in your waves

I wondere if you still do

for I was there in your waves

I wandered my youth with you 

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those days in tokyo 

do they still go back to you?

is it still with you?

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I used to look right through you

because he and he likes you

and before I even knew

I have kept my love for you

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those days in Kyoto

do they still go back to you?

is it still with you?

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got to sleep in a bath tub

for you told me to do so

after I gave you the rub

while my arms were around you

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I wanted to tell you things

that I failed to say before

but time wears powerful wings

now, we are far from before

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these thoughts, while I’m in this train

even in that very plane

I hope to see you again

and talk to you once again

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Maybe one day we will

Maybe one day we won’t

For now, I’ll let the waves take me

For now, I’ll ride the waves in memory

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one day

one day, the sky will light up again
one day, it will be worth all the pain
one day, the view will be the most mysterious
yet the most peaceful that you will ever see
for the view is your dream, breathing in reality
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one day, but not today.

This isn’t goodbye, it’s see you kids later :)

“I need to put my mask on”
for I’m trying to go on
far from the peace that I long

remembering every song

that got me right here
that is worth all doubts and fear

not showing a tear

every morning I wake up
wondering how I can stop
all your doubts and fears that stop

or pause your way to the top

I sometimes stay still
waiting for silence, for peace

that i barely have

I used to think that
maybe I am not for this
that I failed you all
during times I lose control

sometimes I think I will fall

every night, I pause and think
how things will change if I blink
how to stop the ship to sink

trying to find every link

so.
I decided to go on
decided not to out a mask on
went out of my comfort zone
have my ears and heart on
not just with math, but with what’s going on
I remember, that even when I’m out
it’s always thoughts of you all that I shout
Asking for advice
Praying for guidance

just to help, to teach, and to educate all of you

in math,
I made sure that the numbers matter
at the same time,
I tried my best to remind that everything that you do matters

for you all matter

I doubted myself
but with all your help
your simple gestures
saying “sir I finally get it”
those words, without you kids knowing
leaves my heart continuously smiling
I wish at that time I also said that

“I finally get it”

I finally get
why I wake up at 4 in the morning
and still think of you all in the evening
it is indeed my first year in teaching
yet you kids made me feel everything

everything that I needed to feel

I found peace in the chaos of our classes

I found peace in the spaces of your noises

thank you, for I found who I am when I am with all of you

thank God, for I found peace, when I found all of you

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a collection of poems (haiku, tanka, tanaga, and a free verse) for all of the wonderful souls that made my first year in teaching, the most grueling, frustrating, yet the most amazing, wonderful, blessed, and rewarding time of my life so far.
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to 9B, 9G, 9H, and ofc 9L
This is Sir A, Sir Alcantara
signing of as your Mathematics Teacher