A Collection of Poetry

The Mentor

Literature is a life-long mentor

Those who come into its loving arms;

Learn skills that some long for,

While others foolishly disrespect its charms

It teaches us narratives

Gives us our own voice

To tell the story of different lives

This lets us escape from our life's vice

It teaches us how to analyze

To peer in between the lines

To ask ourselves, "what does this symbolize?"

And "What is the importance that it rhymes?"

It teaches us the art of argumentation

How to build a thesis as strong as steel,

And how to scour for proving evidence like an exploration

This results in an argument as unbreakable as a Navy SEAL

Literature, the mentor, has become a critical part of who we are

Teaching those who come to it, "soft" skills that set us apart

It has and always will guide those far

And, will never part.