If I was...

If I was a teacher, I would be fair. 

I wouldn't get angry or scare. 

I would ask questions to get them to learn. 

In hope that they would try in return.

I would want them to gain something. 

More than just grades. 

Something substantial that would never fade. 

A new perspective on life. 

And all that would bring. 

Or an idea to the mind that would help them see. 

Knowledge never leaves you, no matter how hard you try to forget. 

That's why you'll remember a random math set.

Or a poem, by Thoreau that you could never quite get.

That's why teachers are important

They make you who you are.

And you'll never really know it.

Until you've moved on with the world.

If I was a teacher, I would be there.

Hoping that someday, I'd make a difference somewhere.