Time Machine
Ride with me on my time machine,
to a different place and time… My school days.
Return with me and let me see
if I can put a smile upon your face…
I was inattentive in Science class one day,
When the teacher at random looked my way.
I didn't look up, I wouldn't dare,
There's no escaping that intense glare.
Asked me to explain to the class,
Newton's Law of Gravity and Mass.
My mind was a blank, heartbeats louder,
For an answer I started to flounder.
I stood before the class trembling with fear
"Gravity" I said...and then oh dear!!!
I fell off my seat on to the floor,
How the class with laughter did roar.
The children tittered in great amusement,
They didn't know my sad predicament.
The teacher said, "You've demonstrated gravity"
"Although you did it with much levity".
At length I returned to my seat,
With many applauses did they greet.
I looked back upon this and pondered,
I decided to listen and not let my mind wander.
Some may see school as a torture chamber,
Some cannot wait for the holidays in December.
But it depends on how we look at school,
Honestly, positively, school is cool!
