/ Poetry /
it wasn’t poetic
he was older
it wasn’t right
he was married
words were misused
he was our teacher
we never learned
he avoided
the boundaries
termination
between teacher
he kept writing
and student
and publishing
and who to tell
and performing
and what to say
till you spoke out
so we stayed quiet
with the truth
tried not to see
inspiring us all
tried to pretend
to add our voice
we could hear
to the words
only the silence
that you spoke