Don't lose your Magic! - A Poem

 Don't lose your magic dear facilitators, (I see
Them rushing down corridors with anxious

Expressions on their faces, not even noticing

Me.). And all the while others amble around

With never a concern on their faces to see!

Wonder what's brought about this reversal of roles

Where facilitators face the threats of deadlines while

Their learners enjoy the privilege of freedom - they

 Come to learn to enjoy the company of friends

While their mentors continue to juggle roles!

I have seen bright  faces  lose their shine, missing

A spring in their step, replaced by a shuffling

Dance, balancing, laptops springing wires and

 Cables, books and papers ( See how well connected

they are!) everything is all over the place spilling!

Alas, they have such short lives, they burn

Out like tapers before the night's end, a short

Life, unfortunately, pale ghosts that flit along

Corridors, anxious to reach destinations before

The bell rings lest they should end up in an urn!

To enlighten young minds  requires  magic

Others can't ape, they say excellent tutors spin

A spell to bind their learners to work on the task.

But then, one would need a smile on the face, to

The spell work, along with, in the sleeve, a trick!

As for laptops, springing wires and cables, fling

Them out before they rule your lives! Lackeys will

Use them to impress the uninitiated with coloured

Pictures and movies that freeze the sense.The wise

Don't need pacifiers to stop children from wailing.

Enlightenment becomes a difficult job, for those who

Lose their shine, and like pale ghosts flit around,

Anxious to complete their tasks before bells ring.

They are surely not cut out to edify others if 

They can't do it with verve, you know who!

So don't lose your magic dear friends and fire

Minds with knowledge and wisdom as you stroll.

Let not your work pull you down, let joy pervade

You to impress others with panache unrivalled.

To teach is to edify and to edify is to inspire.