another poem I’ll never finish

Tyler West

my English teacher

once told us

“If you love a poem enough

You’ll read it over and over

Again until you understand it”

i thought of you

Memories

Tim Merriam

Doctor Seuss

And his big tall boots

His fox in socks

And green eggs and ham

He’s been a big help

For me and my friends

Always encouraging

And pushing us forward

So what better to do

Than put you in our minds

As our motto

Moving forward in time

Getting bigger, growing up

We’ll never forget

Reading your books

As real little kids

With funny rhymes

And big words

We couldn’t pronounce

So here’s our new motto

for growing up and moving out:

“Sometimes you’ll never know

the value of a moment

until it becomes a memory”