The Teacher

Without ‘was’, I couldn’t comprehend ‘is’
The father of Today is Yesterday
A chip off the old block
Night has always been dark
Day has always been bright
Time does not change with events
Peace and war are timeless
Hate and love have never been friends
Yesterday lives today
May not be a replica, but a template
The past passes for the halfwit
Good students revisit the lessons
Learning to forgive without forgetting
Of what use is a memory?
Yesterday, a teacher
Today, a student