The Best Teacher

for beautiful Andrea Gibson

“I think the best teachers are those who ask questions in which the only correct answer is, I don’t know.” — Andrea Gibson

Photo found on Andrea Gibson’s Substack page

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For beautiful Andrea Gibson

The Best Teacher

I didn't know that today would be the day
that one of my favorite poets
would take their last breath, 

     a poet who beamed their light
into every dark corner, reminded us
to try softer softer softer—

the news of their death knocks the wind out of me, 
leaves me sobbing at my kitchen table, 
everything inside of me crying no no no.

What to do next?

     I don't know.

I do know that I will carry 
their words in the soft soil of my heart, 
let them remind me that I don't know
is a really good answer—

remind me that light beams 
never, ever stop beaming
their light. 

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Day #149 of (mostly unedited) daily writing/sharing

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