I Had A Thought

A Poem recognizing that each person on this earth, at some time in their life, must choose what kind of person they are.

I HAD A THOUGHT

 

Today I sat and had a thought

About the things that I’ve been taught

The good, the bad, the truth, the lies

The price we pay is to fail or fly

 

We are taught from birth to death

Right and wrong and with each breath

We jump right in and learn much more

That someday opens many doors

 

The doors that teach us passing through

How to be me and you

To learn that good is born from bad

If we remember lessons had

 

So, thank you, Mom, for giving me

Those doses of reality

The wrongs you taught and the rights

I think about them, day and night

 

Along this road of life, we tumble

Through ups and downs, we do stumble

As we learn every day

What to think and do and say

 

From good and bad we learn each day

If we choose to learn that way

To be the best that we can be

A greater right for you and me

 

From finding out that wrong can be

As great a teacher as right, you see

Open your mind and open your heart

It’s your choice as to where you start

 

So, embrace the wrongs done to you

And thank those who did, and do

The things to you that make you, you

And helped you choose to be better too

 

 

 

 

 

From birth to death in the blink of an eye

We learned to laugh, and we learned to cry

All the memories given me

Created my reality

 

And I became who I am

I choose to be better than

The things that caused me all that pain

And today I’m happy, once again

 

 

 

Author's Note

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