A Poem for Teachers on a Monday Morning

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On Being Ready to Teach

it is a man
haunting corridors
searching for meaning
behind decapitated heads

it is a child
wandering aimlessly
knowing everything
since the beginning of time

it is me
finding solace in Tuesday
and every other Not-Monday

© 2017 Lisa Mulrooney

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