Hissy, hissy, I'm a snakey I slither on the floor I come to cause you to tremble and fear I will circle 'round you and roar I will snap and strike your heals I will hiss and stare at you I will come close so you'll feel Trembling to your very shoes I will posture, I will menace I will stare you down I will advance so you'll retreat I will keep you on the ground I will hope you do not notice How much bigger than me you are I will hope you won't remember That you're imbued with power I will snap and will distract you I will cause you to doubt Because I can never really touch you I haven't got the clout But as I advance and you retreat It's here I gain my power I can only have what you let me So keep yourself down For if you don't, I've surely lost For it's your power to stop Any attack I'm perpetuating And reclaim all that was lost So hissy, hissy, I make such noise So you can't hear the Word Be afra

The worries and anxieties and fears Finally settle And I remember that Yahweh has a place for me For me And that I am safe and provided for All along.

I never feel so much at peace As when I'm writing poetry Words dancing in a rhythm on a page It's then that I know who I am And remember Yahweh's plan It's then that I dig deeply with Yahweh When all about me chaos swirls Emotions turbulently whirl By poetry, I put thoughts into order The Holy Spirit starts to flow And I remember what I know And then I can fully cross the border Between the threshold and dimensions In poetry, I build extensions Bridges that allow me 'cross the line I receive such revelation Yahweh's joy and jubilations In poetry and parables are mine So I will write and keep on writing The grace of Yahweh so exciting I will not forget why I was made I will be embraced by Yahweh I shall feel the joy of His faith And receive all that His poetry relays.

Teachers People who stay up late at night Weeping over other people's children Who want to adopt the world And make things better for those Who have no safe home to go to We care more than the kids do Because we've seen more, Our perspective is greater And so we know that it's important To have good language skills And the ability to respect your boss And do what you're told even if you don't understand Why We try to convince them, But they lack perspective So we hope and pray and fight So that one day they will have the perspective And the foundation To build a good life We work long hours We overstress And overeat chocolate In the month of May We give chance after chance Because at the end of the day We want our students to be successful Even if it makes more work for us We ache for them, our students We yearn for them to be happy To avoid some of the pitfalls that we fell into When we were their age We want them to prosper And