By Garrett Hedman

I’m here to inspire students to become learners, and starting Wednesday, I will be a full time inspirer. I’m going to center my class around the theme of “One Step”, and to explain the theme I will say this poem I wrote a year ago. I hope you enjoy!

One Step

It’s when you see a baby—a bluberous, bulge of a being
Making the effort to go against all odds and conquer the pull of the earth
To reach the first step
The step that makes people cheer because the baby
Stepped into a new way of life.

It’s when you see hero—an American story, an American legend
Who captivates the attention of millions of people across the nation to go to a place beyond all imagination—the moon.
To take one small step for man kind.

It’s when you see a stranger—a dirty, society claimed outcast
who is the only one that sees a friend out cold on the ground
so he takes a step of desperation and 10 more into a run to help the rejected
A step to help an invisible man.

It’s when you see a man take one step forward and bow down on his knee
To look at his partner in the eyes and see the future ahead of him
To see that love conquers all
After a step forward is taken.

Whether it’s a dancers beat of life or a baseball player’s step to the plate
A step can be the start of change, a start of something new
And to only wonder what steps could have been taken, haven’t been taken, will be taken
By me, by you