Given Opportunities To Learn Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

Starting on our journey when born, being tended to
and cared for in our very beginnings.

Nurtured, fed, given every opportunity to learn with
every moment we progress towards the rest of life.

Minds totally opened, absorbing everything, curiosity
abounding, nothing is taboo, we're just innocent and
pure.

Wanting to use our senses, touching whatever our
sight catches hold of on the way, giving us insight
on what to do in life.

Listening, hearing whispers of nature, others and
God through an interior spirituality, giving each
of us a purpose to pursue.

Fulfilling them while we are alive, performing them
to the best of our abilities, and finishing each one
before we leave this earth.