Journey's End

First week of school is over
and things are looking up
least for now.
No major achievement.
Just happy that i didn't fumble
on my first day of teaching.
that, i'm happy with already.
For i am thankful for
the little things You have given me.
Somedays i wake up
and i feel like breaking.
Then i wish i hadn't signed along that dotted line
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some call it a battle field
where lives are lost
great aspirations murdered
ideals shot down
Maybe i am a romantic
I recall Journey's End
Stanhope, Raleigh
and that romantic battlefield
that lights up with gunfire
in the stoic night sky

maybe it all looks fine on paper
and books
possibly.