Be a pumpkin
Be a dumplin’
Can’t help being a baby
Later comes the maybe
Be a daughter
Be a son
Look to the horizon
And rise with the sun
Be a girl
Be a boy
Give it a whirl
You could become a pearl
Be a brother
Be a sister
You can only be either
But it takes one other
Be a man
Be a woman
Always be human
Walk with another in the sand
Be a husband
Be a wife
Share your life
Hand in hand
Be a mother
Be a father
Open the shutters,
Windows and doors
Be a Grandpa
Be a Grandma
What you saw
Were winters, springs,
Summers and falls.
Be a friend
Be a neighbor
Be a partner
To another
Traces of faces and
Helping Hands
In all the
Right Places
- June 28,2006
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem