Setting Sail in a leaky boat (inspired by a 7th grade prompt)

When parents send their kids to schoolis it most important that their kid is coolor doesn't drool or have loose stool while in the pool? Little Johny's bag is packed There's nothing that he doesn't lack. Suzie's notebook is ready too and filled with pencils just a few Is being really well prepared the goal most high for parental care? Sending, packing precious pupils is a task that parents do, but the highest goal for their little gem is that they safely come home to them. And while teachers teach the children true They add advise to help them through Bullies, Drugs, and Tattling three are the boats setting sail in this dedectic spree.

Bullies, droolies, coolies, dorks, names and words that stab like forks. They are never clean and leave wounds that fester. Feel sorry for the one they pester. Is that enough to feel an emotion or is action required? a novel notion. easy it is to defend a friend but can one you don't like on you depend deep in your heart is a gage that swings will you land in the mud or will hope take wing

Bugging bullies set aside a friend you know buys and hides the very abomination you promised never to try and now conflicted confusion compounds the promise or lie as in your heart of hearts you must decide which course of action you will abide accept the loss of a friend and pass the testor fail together and loose the reigns spending decades wishing for a choice without pain

Tattling, Tattling how easy it isto tell the tale when an enemy fibs Johny dear don't be a rat tattling only starts a spat this we learned while young and spry to be silent is true and tried but now of a different age we are asked to tell and truth engage to guns and knives we do acquiess but what about stokes or harmless jokes? then teachers share the awefull fact of young lives lost or no longer intact of dangerous lies and of choices impact

Now our three boats have come to rest on saftey's shore and it's the best Johny hops lightly of the bus while Suzie walks home with her best friend Gus parents push the fear aside and focus on homework and dinner and pride turn on the news at five or six and hope the leaky boats stay fixed but all for naught hope away will roll unless the students stop the holes
Daniel Walker 3/5/2010