She Teaches Love

She teaches love

It is inborn, as singular to her

As the etched twirls of her fingertips.

She teaches because she knows

She shares because she does.

The lessons are daily

Taught not from a written text

But from an overflowing heart engraved 

With the sacred words, glowing

Like a sunrise that never sets

Family, faith, and love

Charity and selfless service

The curriculum is endless, timeless

The lessons perfectly scripted by

Their abiding life within her.

Time does not weaken

Repetition does not make stale

But rather proves each of her lesson’s 

Infinite truth, undeniable worth

And her endless devotion

We are the fortunate

Students gathered around her

As she lives her subject, shares her heart

Elevating us through her love, through

Her joy in our shared learning

She teaches love

Never towards some test to pass

Without thought toward future graduation

But as life’s most precious learnings 

Eternal, and always new.