To My Favourite Student Sonya Poem by Larisa Rzhepishevska

This poem I devote to my student I dote,
To my beautiful Sonya.
May be she’ll be a lawyer
As she hates deceivers
And think how to overcome rough rivers.
May be she’ll be an actress
As she can imitate anyone perfectly well
And her voice sounds like a bell.
So, may be she’ll be a famous singer
Or a well-known writer
As her imagination is great.
She would like to meet with the aliens
And get a residence on another planet.
I think if she now plans it
Without any debate
She’ll always be on a high rate
With a happy fate.
She could be a well-known designer
As her drawings are beautiful
With a lot of fantasy and still dutiful.
Life will show her which road to chose,
But I am sure she will never lose.
She will use all her talents
Not for her parents
But for herself
Understanding and value
The beauty of life itself,
Knowing that happiness is not in money
But in the days that are sunny,
In that one who is a crony
With a stony and noble action,
With the human attraction.
And here is, my dearest friend,
Something I would like to portend:
Your life road won’t be always easy,
Some days can be stormy or breezy,
But you must walk it with patience and valiance,
Hating any violence
And if fighting then only for peace and love.
For a king calling you: You are my dove.

Larisa Rzhepishevska (Odessa, Ukraine)