We Are Told That We Can Be Anything Poem by Francis Duggan

We are told that we can be anything that we wish to be
Though this does seem quite a bit far fetched to me
I can never imagine that humans unassisted will fly
And as eagles do soar near the clouds of the sky
In science and technology in a few decades humans have come a long way
But even the most intelligent human beings do have their limits it is true to say
Though to be the most intelligent of Earthly life forms some humans may boast
Without oxygen tanks we would live under water for only minutes at most
True enough people have walked on the Moon and may yet go to Mars
And travel to other planets way beyond the stars
But the World's fastest human the great Usain Bolt
Does seem rather slow to a thoroughbred colt
We are told we can be anything that we wish to be
But i for one with this could never agree.