What if?

What if one was not taught to love
But to just sit there and watch it happen
What if one was not taught to speak up
She'd never be heard nor happy

What if one was not taught to care
But to stare aimlessly at the clouds
What if one was not taught to laugh
She'd just be caught in the crowd

What if one was not taught to remember
But to forget all the good times spent
What if one was not taught to cry
She'd live her life full of resent

If one was not taught to love or speak up
If one was not taught to care or laugh
If one was not taught to remember or cry
It wouldn't be living, even half

One's got to learn these things
While they're still young
'Cos if one doesn't know these things
Let's just say their last song has been sung

Author's Note

Thoughts?

Reviews

[Westminster Abbey]

Love is the most important thing in life. If one cannot love, then one has no life.
If one does not speak up, then someone else may not learn to love themselves, which you must do before you love others.
If one does not care, how can one love?
If one does not laugh, how can one love oneself?
If one does not remember the good times and only the bad, how can one cherish precious memories spent with family and friends? The answer is simple: One does not care.

If one does not cry, one cannot let all of this one. One cannot learn to be vulnerable. One will spend ones life living as nothing more than an empty shell. That is the importance of love.

100/100
~Abbey
:)

[Rita L. Sev]

This is great! Love the ultimate message of teaching love to the young. Good write!

[Jake Botha]

Great insight. Life needs all its shades of love, experiences and meanings to be worth living.

[Broken.Words]

What if One day i could write a poem like This :) ... Thoughts on a piece of paper Amazing :)

[Cookie]

This is wonderful. :)

[icelandicblue]

What if is always a very heavy question. You deal with the answers skillfully. This is a wonderful poem. Good work!

[CookieDough]

BEAUTIFUL! Good poem(Y)

[Just Kim]

wow very deep and thought provoking, amazing read

[Carnation]

Thanks