the accidental poet

silently I glide across the campus
looking, wondering.
my eyes drinking in all that is to behold.
looking here and there I search,
beating a path on the well worn walkways.
during the day these concrete streets are
alive with the busy bustle of student traffic,
everyone hurrying this way and that,
not really ever going anywhere.

but here, at night, I have these campus roads
all to myself. just me and my feet, and the occasional fellow traveler.
we have crossed and recrossed this pavement
so many times that I don’t need to lead them anymore.
I have shut my eyes and they have lead me
back and forth on the endless journey that I take.

I feel the light touch of rain upon my face, like a
gentile kiss that would wake me from a slumber,
I open my eyes to be engorged with Mother nature’s kisses.
Holding out my hands, I let her penetrate my very being,
her kisses reaching deep in me to caress my soul.
standing in the rain, letting myself be washed away,
I realize that with only the silent footsteps in my ears,
I am at peace.

Sitting in the front row, learning all things accounting,
I watch the professor intently, gleaning as
much as I can. Trying to stay awake.
I always look forward to that class, though I don’t know why.
Sometimes it bores me to death.
My head begins bobbing and sagging in that
tell-tale gesture of too little sleep.
I grab my juice, hoping the cool
refreshment will awaken me to class.
No good. I try focusing intently on the
overhead, but my lids begin drooping even faster.
I turn my head in one last futile attempt to
keep from dozing off and I cath a flash
out of the corner of my eye.
I turn my head even more and there it
is again, that radient flash of sun, a smile.
I know that beautiful smile as it always
greets me whenever I look her way. I smile
to myself, and smile outwardly, feeling
completely rejuvenated.
Now, with all thoughts of sleep banished
from my mind, I am free to concentrate on
class again. And when fatigue sets in I only
need to look for that ray of sunshine.
Now I know why I love coming to this
class so much.