i glide in and out of rooms all day
up and down, around they sway
as many lessons as elementary
undefinable in secondary

my students laugh when they see the same
lesson with a new text, new name
same teacher, different class
how my day zips by so fast

two, three, even four times
the same faces make these rhymes
teachers vary, steps add up
soon I am without enough

i can’t keep the pace that I have set
a new brain is what i need to get
never enough time, patience, love
for all that they need to think of.