Profound

I once made my teacher cry.

The teacher was the kind

Of person

You cannot help but give your respect.

A great man,

He was.

He taught me things

I will never forget.

He taught me more about the world

In two years,

Than anyone else could teach

In a lifetime.

Junior high debate.

Eighth and ninth grade.

Years I will never forget.

His classes had a tendency to be

Filled

With painful honesty.

In his classes,

Each person dug deep

To share the worst

And best part of themselves.

He taught more morals and ethics

Than any religion ever could.

And everything he taught

Was unbiased.

But I remember clearly

The important parts of a

Heavy conversation

That made a great man cry.

He talked about how

His father had always wanted him

To be a doctor.

He talked about how

His father never would have approved

Of him being a teacher.

To me,

It was unfathomable,

That there could possibly be

A better place for this man

To be.

He was changing lives.

This amazing man

Was changing the world,

By broadening the minds

Values

And character

Of the young.

And I remember

How sad he sounded,

To not be able to meet

His father's expectations.

So,

I looked this great man in the eyes,

And I said,

"But you are a doctor.

A doctor of learning."

And his eyes filled with tears.

I had not meant it to be profound,

But it was that way.

And maybe,

I hadn't put a lot of thought

Into these words.

But I could tell,

That those were words he needed to hear.

"Thank you."

He said.

The entire class was silent.

I think

Everyone

Was crying.

And he thanked me again.

It was on this day

That I learned

How it felt to change a life.

That's why he does it.

He gave up so many oppurtunities

To teach chuldren.

And I can understand why.

Words.

The simplest ones,

Can have so much power.

So much power.

They can rip a person apart,

Or they can change a person's life.

Profound.

Such small things.

With such great power.

Words are profound,

And can be used

For profound perposes.

As a great man always said,

"Pay attention to the details."

Words

Have an effect

On people.

You need only look

To see the profoudness

Of them.