The Student

Confessions of the student in me,

Brought forth amiss observations.

Of losing out on learning,

And such other assumptions.

The goals and outcomes of learning,

For a reason, shifted with every try.

Learning helped me understand.

But, it didn’t help me know why!

One way, I lost the art of appreciating,

Downplayed the world with my euphemism.

In another, I learnt how to extol, and

Exaggerate acts upon acts with Euhemerism.

What I was taught made me

A learner. A student for life.

What lay outside, in the world, but

Made me explore; be a student of life.

The big difference, let me tell you, is

That the school preaches and so teaches.

And, that is quite a reversed stance,

The world, without preaching ever, just teaches!