this is a poem i wrote for a school project.. it has two parts and is a
story written from two different characters views... read the gift,
then the gift 2


busy city streets, echoes of the masses feet
everybody's rushing, she can feel their bodies heat
coming from the candy store
to this day she cant remember what she went in for

she can only remember that face
of the man that pushed her from that place
he saved her life and paid the price
she can't understand why he did something so nice

as realization comes
and people run from their homes
she rushes to the scene
thinking this is a horrible thing

she knows he isn't going to live
he says it was his to give
he had a kid once, their all gone now
for his life no lasting impressions has he left, nothing to show

now he says he feels fulfilled
something will be left over when he leaves this world
he says these last few years have been so hard
no one there, no on Christmas, nor his birthday, never in the mail a card

he says its all right now
he finally lets his pain show
as his eyes close and snow falls
it seems time stalls

sitting in a rocking chair
now she has silver hair
the impact on her life, his final act
she spent her life trying to find the facts

she found a life of pain
that man lived through things that would drive her insane
yet on he went and when he saw that young girl
knew the pain her parents would feel, so he gave up his world

he doesn't know he left a lasting impression
she passes it on every session
she was a teacher, my how the years have gone
she gives every student that bit of wisdom, everyday find something and pass it on

but now its the end
sitting in her room, together with all her friends
down below in the city,everyone rushes by
echoes of the masses feet, they don't realize how time flies

one in the crowd, walking, talking taking everything in
used to rush around, bustling and pushin
then she had a teacher gave her a lesson to learn
life is a gift rarely given twice, amazing how much she learned