Pointer

A red spot on the whiteboard
moving left to right,
line to line,
pointing stories out so we can see exactly what they mean.
Clasped in a teacher's hand,
while the drone of students dictating the
content of a textbook or website or document
overpowers the purpose of the reading.

Education. Edification. Illumination.
You illuminate every line.
You make the message clear.
We never have to wonder what we have to learn to do
or fix.

A red spot on the whiteboard moving
ever forward.
Your light never shines back on you.
You never have the privilege of illuminating your own eyes
yet, you point out problems on a board and
expect us to solve them.
How did you become so versed in improvement?
I am clueless about your credentials,
but I do know that we must remove the beam in our own eyes
if we are to remove the splinter in our neighbour's eye.
Keep pointing
fingers...
pointer.