September 21, 2025

I hope

One day you'll grow up,

but I would have forgotten all about you by then.


One day you'll grow up,

and you'll be the same age I was when I taught you.

I hope you regret the way you spoke to me,

And the way you treated me less than anything,

And I hope you'll lie awake at night staring at the ceiling regretting all the horrible ways you tortured me

Just as I lie awake now trying to come up with strategies to engage you in English tomorrow.

And years from now when I have forgotten you and all the yous like you,

I hope you think of me, your teachers, your peers and your parents and regret your actions.


And above all, I hope you have changed.