stumbling through morning vows
you chalk off pathways through the fog
red pen rivers in my notebook floor
your voice a compass when the letters blur
silently Learned to speak its name
R&L found peace beneath my tongue
every present tense became a gift
you taught time how to bend
now the world speaks in neon lights
you turn syllables to satellite
every map my mouth unfolds
teacher you translated stars
subjectives built a telescope
to wish beyond my mother's dialect
you trace the aching immigrant verse
and make grandma feel like home
past particibles Learned to soar
apostrophe's bloomed into open doors
my accent shadow dances free
you'll rewrote gravity
now the world hums in radio waves
you turn stutters into sunlit caves
every fear my voice outgrows
teacher you orchestrated dawn
not just the how but the why
you spelled courage in cursive lines
the articles oh
no no
now hold hold galaxies
now the world sings Entangled Roots
your planet poems where silence stood
every border tongue erodes
teacher you map the moon
the alphabet still writes you here
thank you whispers every speaking spear
thank you in every borrowed phrase
thank you the infinite today