Teacher, My Unsung Heroine Poem by John Sensele

Teacher, you are the hero
Who recognizes my potential
Taps my innate talents from zero
To transmute my work-in-progress into material presidential.

Teacher, you are the facilitator
Who teaches me to read, count and write
To transmute my medulla oblongata
Into human capital raised to the highest performance height.

Teacher, you are the guide
Who moulds moms and dads, cops and doctors
In whom economies repose their pride
As they control and energise economic, social and military actors.

Teacher, you are the noble magician
Who by dint of diligence and patience
Transmutes a diffident urchin into a top tactician
Who masters intricacies of performance science.

Teacher, you are the mediator
Intervening to jettison ignorance
From the brain of a future aviator
Whose talents you tap in abundance.