the educated one

thanks to all who tried to teach me
never giving up and trying to reach me
for taking me places I have never been
and showing me in life you play to win

with less respect than a local preacher
you chose instead to be my teacher
with tattered books and broken blackboard
you said work for things you cannot afford

now you see one educated
world travelled man who graduated
who knows for sure one thing is true
none of this happens without help from you