Teacher's Lament

Since I thought
Nothing that is worth knowing
Could be taught,
I urged them
To be themselves;
To let their minds fly
Beyond known
And imagined horizons;
To traverse
What was taken for granted;
To transgress
The dogmas of our times.
Above all,
I pleaded with them
Not to follow me.
But I know
My shadow is not my own;
Its theirs.