Like Ann Sullivan with Helen Keller
You took a frustrated
Angry
Demanding
Obstinate
Tortured
Wreck of a child
And taught her to be
Patient and kind.
Like Henry Higgins with Eliza Doolittle
You took a course
Vulgar
Unkempt
Disheveled
Bawdy
Wretch of an urchin
And taught her to be
Graceful enough to be wined and dined.
Like Peter Pan with Wendy Darling
You created a motherly
Gentle
Storyteller
Adventurer
And taught her
To dance and sing and fly.