You sat with me under the shade of the trees,
Reading out the words that made no sense,
Not once did you lose faith,
Or let me be,
The slow and steady learner,
The butt of all the jokes,
Duffer! Failure! And more.
But you held me through it all.
You taught me over and over again
While joking away my slow understanding.
Not once did I feel out of place with you.
You were...