Seen black and cold
with eyes worn and scratched on his surface from time.

Taken for granted are the words that he teaches,
and forsaken are the sentences she shows.

The world's future comes before him.
What he has to tell, and whether they remember
will decide their fate.

At times he is a disciplinary whose words are bold and strong.
An assayer of the past and the things that have gone wrong.

He takes upon the troubles of the one who speaks his mind;
puts into words what cannot be said to his future kind.

For years he'll take upon this task, and when his time is done;
a creature of velvet so soft and dark
will destroy his hard earned work into a pile of dust.