Dedicated to my Junior High teacher and mentor. He’s truly someone who should’ve received teacher of the year, or the decade, or ever. He had a gift for helping and teaching his students the joy of learning, (as well as the humor of having to be trapped at a desk while he got to walk around. He was seriously funny). He helped me through a lot, especially when I got sick. He was there for me, even after Junior High he stayed in touch with me and was there. Any student that ever had him I hope they could appreciate what all he did for them. At that age you tend not to always notice.
How do I thank someone who believed I was so talented.
that he went out of his way to show me that I’m gifted?
Who kept giving me challenges
to prove to me my gift really existed
and to keep writing because he knew it was my secret passion
He caught me writing then trying to hide it
Knowing my love for 2Pac, brought rap in.
“Krystal you know his songs? He had to to write it,
All your favorite rappers, yea, they write
and so do you.”
You can’t argue with someone right
But you can argue with yourself if you will or won’t continue to do you
There was no other teacher to advocate for me like he did
No other who was and is greater to nurture a gift
when he spots it in a kid
I was very fortunate to be one of those closest kids.
Mr. Hagg, there’s no metaphor or wordplay
I could ever attempt to use
to try to say thank you for all the days
you nurtured the gift I use
that to this very day helps get me through.”
All I have is thank you,
Thank you.
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