life repeats itself
again in summer I wait
gifted teacher cut
Last February, my superintendent called me into one of my principal’s offices to tell me they were eliminating my (gifted and talented/enrichment teacher in three towns ) position and that I would not have a job in that district after June 30th. At the time I felt relief, shock, devastation, fear and grief and I still had to work the rest of the school year.
So I took a lot of sick days and with the help of Twitter, this blog, yoga, my dog, family and a few close friends I managed to make it through the school year – feeling mortified and so uncomfortable as everyone expressed how unfair it was and their sorrow to see me leave.
I am now officially entering my seventh month of unemployment-
I have taken the rare opportunity to reflect and discovered a few things I wanted to share-
Thank you for reading
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home in September
district cut gifted program
laid off school teacher
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laid off school teacher
too expensive to rehire
elementary
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Used to…..
Used to not be afraid
Used to teach Gifted and Talented
Used to live in the South
Used to smoke
Used to be afraid of the blue oval rug in my room, because Jaws lived there
Used to think I’d grow up to be taller
Used to be unscathed
Used to be physically strong and mentally weak
Used to love those people in the past
Used to think I’d grow up and have it all together
Used to not understand love
Used to think I had all the answers
Used to float through life
Used to…..
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