REAL LIFE LESSON -

Edward Iacona

To be a student in your class
was certainly considered a coup
All the kids sure wanted you
and maybe a few mommies too.

Beyond the Three R's you traveled
your lessons laced with mirth
You taught of wolves and wildlife
and conservation of the Earth

Your teaching rings with wisdom
of heroes and brotherhood
Of standing up for justice
as future adults they should

When dark times came to your life
We listened to all your lows
We took you in like family
We comforted your woes.

Then dark times came to our life
faced with separation and divorce
I called to you my "brother"
My thinking was, of course.

I asked that you would mediate
a union that should not be dissolved
Your answer to my tearful plea;
"Sorry, can't get involved."

One thinks of all the hearts and minds
That you touch and reach
Maybe you should learn from yourself
and practice what you teach.