Child Of Mine

Rest gently into the night my child
close your eyes, dream peacefully
This is your place to hide
you won't be bothered, we won't divide

I will always be here, right at your side
be you in good cheer or be you gloomy.
As you leap off into your nest, I will provide security
Rest gently into the night my child.

Water Rat

I close my eyes
and blindly walk through each door
each opened door
that gave me a try
So innocent I am when I
go to try

I am uncontrolled, unaffected, and unaware
because it's always my first time being here
I never feared a thing but unwelcome noise
Never feared nothing, I've always tried being wise

Each of my teachers taught me something
they all had one thing in common
"teach thee who are eager, harder than those who are not,
the principle of life"
And now I struggle to find

The sun rises and sets before I ever
get to getting the answer
The current of the sea
changes, even before me.

Pea

Outta Me

Outta my blue cloth and
apple bottom jeans
they fell off my body
as smooth as I
fell for you...do you
know what that means?

I wrap cotton and
silk around your wings
they secure you in awe
as angels guarding heavens gate
You love so sweet, it stings

You change me.
Colour my world
furnished me, grow with me
learn with me, still in love
with me...you move me.

Pea

Learning Through Teaching

I am a major 'do it yourself' type person. I will try it first, and if I cannot succeed, then I seek help. In this case, I brought help to myself through teaching. I am not a professional teacher and my student does not have a choice; he needs to learn something....anything.
I have been trying to teach two (2) subjects, basic subjects, to my student. This began during the January of two thousand and eight (2008). I got really frustrated because whatever I taught was not 'staying' in my student's head, but I continuously blamed myself. I blamed myself for not knowing first off, how to teach, and secondly, not being able to get whatever knowledge I have, to my student so that he would be able to understand. Well, with all experience that we may go through, the beauty of the outcome is that we all should understand and be able to learn from our experience. And I have gotten up to one step of this learning ladder; while my student learn, I learn, too. We both have to do our fair share of work. I prepare and teach, my student should listen and practice.
This is the obvious. Why could I not grasp that, because I did not pay any attention to my student. It's sorta like the relationship between my trumpet and I...but that's a whole new and different story.