potential craves to be released

each child dreams

it’s the 50th anniversary of MLK sharing his dream,

and pushing all who would listen

to see what can be

if the right effort comes forth

from the best within us,

our school year begins

and families find their way to be with us,

for they feel something in what we do

that can call to the overwhelming love

all parents should have for their children:

those precious attempts by the universe to get it right,

to have actuality reach to equal the possibilities within the eyes

of each child who dreams and who should not be denied,

I know of many before who have found their way to our school

and who have found a path that seems to them right to follow,

and I have some idea of how well those paths

led to a somewhere worthy of their dreams,

as the school year begins,

I hope I can know my students

and help each find the ways to travel, 

worthy of their efforts 

and the awesome potential within each 

that craves to be released.

by Henry H. Walker

August 31, ’13