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With puppy dog eyes, they radiantly picture an image,
day in and day out, I borrow a lion's courage.
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Piercing through my soul yet, so innocently,
to stand before them with devotion and integrity.
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Twittering cockatiels, laughing hyenas
a jungle of confusion battling tales and sagas.
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Difficult people, yet little they may be,
a shush is a ton of patience hidden before me.
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I cry rivers at night, but my heart bathes in delight,
looking at each other, so pure and so right.
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I speak to them in a fairies' tongue,
in their playful ears where ideas wrung.
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Small words with truth and conviction, they understand,
dutiful bees with their determination and obeisance.
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Collections withdraw, glasses shatter, and watercolors forsake,
a monkeys playground is humbled by their wake.
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I teach a class in nursery, this jungle is my classroom,
These difficult people are my gifts, I'm loving them as my own.