The English Teacher

She simply gave him a book...

The pages filled his mind with a world that he could have never imagined living in

For he knew he could never afford the pleasures of learning about the world through travel.

So,

He read piles and piles of books, 

hundreds and hundreds of pages 

to escape the nothingness of his neighborhood.

These pages pulled him from the edge of the cliff of Failure 

and 

painted a picture of a future he had no idea would belong to him.

These books walked him through the hallways of Progress 

and 

into classrooms of Motivation.

They sailed him through the sea of Hardship 

and 

Frustration and brought him to the island of Opportunity.

Anything and everything was possible. 

His family’s poverty did not hold him back.

His parents’ lack of a high school education did not hold him back.

Others’ minuscule measurements of his intelligence did not hold him back.

Not graduating high school did not hold him back.

These pages encouraged him.

These books revived him.

But it was She who saved his life. 

*Aesop once said,

"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."

                                                                      In this case, it saved a life.