Educators –Happy Teacher’s Day

A creative and poetic meditation on the often-overlooked presence of educators in celebration of October 5ths’ World Teachers’ Day.

They are there from the start
They are many
They change every year
We remember them with one word

Some are nice
Some, not so much
We love some
We like some
We dislike some 
We even hate some

They do the most disregarded work
Yet we don't realise
Without them, we are no one

We are who we are because of them
No matter our feelings towards them

We are doing what we love because of them
Yet we do not thank them
Because we haven't seen a world without them

With them, we have everything

Without them
We would have nothing

A world without educators
Is a world without order

A world plunging into chaos

A world where no one knows anything

A world so dark
No one can shine the light

It's a world with no path

It's a world that is stranded

In our world 
We have systems
Everyone has a role to play
Something that wouldn’t be possible 
Without the teachers and educators
We have or had in our lives

This is a thank you to them
To you
The teacher
The educator

For being there for us

For showing us the path

For helping us discover ourselves

Encouraging our capabilities

And shaping our own lives

Thank you for every lesson, seen and unseen,
For being the light that guides us through.