a

boy.

A boy that I’m seriously, deeply, madly, incredibly,

and undeniably in love with.

I got so schooled this year.

By a nine-year-old.

He taught me that it’s okay to live life

a little backward.

And how to laugh

At what you would think

is unlaughable.

I got schooled this year

By a band!

They taught me how to nd that feeling of feeling

again.

They taught me how to decide what to be

And go be it.

I got schooled this year.

By a cancer patient.

She taught me so much. She’s still teaching me so

much.

She taught me to question.

To never regret.

She taught me to push my boundaries,

Because that’s what they’re there for.

She told me to nd a balance between head and heart

And then

she taught me how. . . I got schooled this year

By a foster kid.

She taught me to respect the hand that I was dealt.

And to be grateful I was even dealt a hand.

She taught me that family

Doesn’t have to be blood.

Sometimes your family

are your friends.

I got schooled this year

By my teacher

He taught me

That the points are not the point,

The point is poetry. . . I got schooled this year

By my father.

He taught me that heroes aren’t always invincible

And that the magic

is within me.

I got schooled this year

by