Poetry Muse at Play - College Reflections

They will Grumble –
They’re Your Students
5-6-05
Soozee Weisflock

The semester is long,
the learning is a steep curve
You’ve planned it to where?
to there, with such care
And you’re strong,
strong enough to educate them
They will grumble, they’re your students.

So on you go, their learning is your concern
A burden to bear, to bear,…but you’ll get there
For you know, the projects are encumbering
They will grumble, they’re your students.

And if you’re laden at all
You’re laden with papers
That most handed in, sometimes late
In the madness of midterm, and of finals.

It’s a long, long semester, and now the weeks are all gone
And they’re on their way, somewhere, they'll get there?
And the journey may have weighed you down some (a lot?)
But they’re more able, they were your students.

(To the melody: “He Ain’t Heavy…He’s My Brother” by Neil Diamond)