I Wonder!

This world's a book of billions of stories,

Many of which may never be read:

Of all the pain, and all the glories,

And all that ever was done and said.

So amazing the tales of every kind!

I wonder what the author had in mind!

An anthology of lines in endless poetry,

Of awesome depth and flawless rhyme,

That have been penned through all of history,

And will be written till the end of time.

Such wondrous verse so subtly defined!

I wonder what the poet had in mind!

A magna opera of masterpiece creation,

So prodigious and beyond compare;

How awesome is the revelation

To the seeker who sees it everywhere!

Is everywhere so hard to find?

I wonder what the artist had in mind!

The designer's wisdom in the work displayed;

The percipience and the artistry:

Such amazing beauty, so well arrayed;

How astounding is this mystery!

Past, present and future, eternally divined:

I wonder what the creator had in mind!

Eric A Trott

22nd July 2018

An Ode to My Teachers

Why did I have to learn them all,

Those things beyond my ken?

And looking back I now recall

How this baffled me back then.

But reminiscing those wonder years

I’m now grateful to my teachers,

And I think of them with thankful tears

Recalling their benevolent features.

How they sedulously persevered,

Imparting every precept!

How they arduously endeavoured

To explain every concept!

Though there were times they did seem cruel

And at times a bit arbitrary,

That was usually when I broke a rule

And disciplining was necessary.

Yes, how they tirelessly laboured hard

To shape my tender mind!

As far ahead they looked toward

The future that I would find!

Their labour of love did prepare

My heart, mind, hands and feet

To stand my own and even dare

To face life’s bittersweet.

So, with a grateful heart do I salute

My teachers for their devotion,

And I write these lines as a tribute
To my teachers with heartfelt admiration.

Eric A Trott

6^th July 2018