Smart Guy Poem by DiAnne Douglass

You were the smartest guy in class
Though few people knew it
Always tired, always sleeping
Straight through the lectures in class

How the teacher use to yell at you!
Oh the trouble you would be in!
It makes me smile to remember
Your well timed, sarcastic remarks
Your comebacks that would leave
Any teacher speechless

The others use to call you lazy
They would point at you and laugh
Taunting you with their cruel words
Saying you would never amount to anything great
How surprised they would be to know
That is exactly the way you like your life to be

Intellectually smart, witty, cunning
Yet very humble too
Only wanting to lead a simple life
Instead of achieving the great things
You are capable of

That is why I love you
You are smart enough to understand most anything
And humble enough to pretend you cannot
Never wanting to humiliate someone in a battle of wits
You forfeit without a care in the world
Of what others might think of you

Acting as though everything is a bother
And complaining about the little things
But in a pinch, you dropp the act
Always coming to a friend's rescue
Yes, that is why I love you