The Luminary — with Chalk in Hand
Inscribes upon the Soul
A Cipher — of Enlightenment
To make the Fractured — Whole

The Pedagogue — imparts mere Facts
A Vessel — to be filled
The Guru — kindles Inner Flame
A Garden — to be tilled

Both sculpt the Clay of Nascent Minds
With Tools — of differing Hue
One plants the Seed of Erudition —
One tends the Cosmic Dew

The Teacher's Art a Prism bright —
Refracting — Wisdom's Light
The Guru's Craft — Alchemical
Transmuting — Day to Night

In Epoch's — ever-shifting Sands
These Mentors — stand apart
Illuming Paths — of Mind and Spirit
With Esoteric — Art

The Child — a Tabula Rasa pure
Awaits their gentle Touch
To bloom in Intellect — and Soul
By Mentors — nurtured much

O Noble Guides — of tender Years
Your Legacy — sublime
Etched deep in Psyche's — furthest Reach
Transcending — Space and Time.



Dedicated this poem to all the...