Left and Right

I have difficulty with left and right
but that has little to do with the fact
that I hated writing stories at school
even though I was good
except for this one time
and it bothers me still
because it`s the only story
that I felt something burn inside me as I wrote it
but noone else could understand it`s meaning
so it was never considered as a story winner

I never thought I was a great story teller,
I just knew that the others were rubbish
so winning was easy,
all I needed to do
was write something a little better than rubbish
and I could do that with ease
because I WAS a little better than rubbish
although I was never as great as I was told
because I was being told by people who were rubbish
so I figured that they didn`t know what a great writer is,

I even thought the English teacher was rubbish
because I never listened to him
yet English was my best subject
alongside math
The kids who appeared to listen
always received much worse grades than me
but again, this didn`t make me think I was great
or even good
because they would`ve received low grades
no matter who was teaching them,
even if it had been Dylan Thomas

I can`t recall that story from school anymore,
the one that made me burn inside as I wrote it
I think it had something to do with goals and ambitions,
I can`t remember
and I really dont care much about that
but I do care a little bit
Perhaps it`s because I have difficulty with left and right
although the last time I looked straight ahead
I got knocked to the ground
by a man riding a bicycle

It was my old English teacher
but he didn`t remember me

My point?
It`s easier to be great
when you don`t need to be