My Obsession

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MY OBSESSION

(From the heart)

When it comes to obsessions,

Mine is rather strange;

I believe in Simplified Spelling;

For years I've yearned for change.

It seems to me quite crazy

That children learn to spell,

When phonetic spelling does the job,

And does it very well.

Think of the years that children spend

In learning spelling rules,

When there are more important things

To occupy our schools!

The English language, as it is,

Is a hotchpotch from other lands;

And it's bits-and-pieces spelling rules

No foreigner understands.

This desire for Simplified Spelling

Gave impetus to my career,

And I'd almost got the subject nailed

When I reached my final year.

I taught by my own methods

And the children that I taught

Could write with ease at six years old,

Using words of any sort!

But my words just fell on deaf ears,

My system was dismissed;

Against the traditional spellers

I simply could not resist.

But now, consider texting,

And the spelling of our youth;

To some it seems to be just crude,

Slapdash and uncouth.

But I see the seeds of common-sense,

Albeit in need of precision;

I see the system of future years

Not something causing derision.

I'll never live to see it

And that is an honest sorrow,

But I'm very, very certain

There'll be vindication tomorrow.

I'm bitterly disappointed

That I wont live to see

Common-sense prevailing

Regarding orthography.

But there is a certain solace

In knowing that, one day,

The whole world will agree with me

And you'll all see things my way!

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SHADOWY SHAPES

Together we made shadows as we walked the path today;

Shadows in the plural. It was not always that way.

Not long ago we walked as one with arms always entwined;

And our embracing shadows were lovingly combined.

There was no space between us; it seemed that we were one;

The future represented by the shadow in the sun.

But then you spoke the cruel words never anticipated!

Our shadows separated! I stood shocked and devastated.

Together we made two shadows as we swiftly moved apart.

Now there is just one shadow; the shadow round my heart.

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