Why am I here today?
Mostly because you are.
I am
you are
here
today.
I am
a poet,
a lover
a seeker
I am an atom in the Periodic Table of Society
an expression of God, Great Spirit, Allah
and when my spirit was being breathed forth
by the Spirit Maker
she/he/it said: teacher.
I am here because you chose
to learn
to change
to be "open" not "close"
to be who you are, yeah!
and to be what you might be.
You chose to be
to be here and not there
or anywhere--but here.
Why am I here?
Because my bosses chose me.
Who knows why they chose me?
Were not he and she who with me applied
also worthy-but were denied?
Ten books could not answer these.
Why am I here?
cause I didn't want my parents too near
but not so far
I couldn't reach them by car?
or
this college
was the best
in my singular quest
for a place I could grow
with fertile soil and seeds
to sew?
One book could
not answer these.
Why am I here today?
It's still a place where I can be
a teacher and the creative me.
Today is the best of days to see, to be free
Why today?
Because when it comes right down to it
come what may
all I've got is today.
[From an old teacher
trying to stay fresh]