Awoken

(A poetic response to the short story "The Metaphor", by Budge Wilson)

 

I was sleeping before you came,

until you awoken me,

miss Hancock,

you awoken me.

 

You taught me a lot of things,

and the best among all was the Metaphor.

I thought about them all day long,

especially when I am doing my favorite thing---

bathing.

 

I awoken in my bath,

thinking of metaphors,

suddenly I felt something is missing,

it's my dear teacher miss Hancock.

 

I have written a metaphor about you,

writing how capable you were in teaching English.

Oh, miss Hancock, how I wish you were here,

I only wish to wake you up.