How to be

You can never know how to be
When you walk this way and that
You need to learn some things
That’s why we have schools, elders

How will you walk in beauty
If you be just doing what occurs
Not having knowledge greater
Than just flipping a coin, yes or no

You listen to your parents
Whether they be traditional or not
You listen to those you respect
Even though you do your verify

We go to many schools, too
We have teachers and coaches
We have assistants and others
We learn to not repeat mistakes

But, much more do we get to know
We find out how to walk in beauty
It’s not easy to do right away
We may make mistakes, try not

Try to do things very well
We do our very best to live and tell
The more we learn and verify
The more we help others to get by

So, learn to love to learn you can
We are hungry for good information
We watch carefully for our spark
We want to help others to love love

It’s a long process I know
We must try to walk to really grow
Many people will help, others not
We will do our best to help a lot

Enjoy one another by being cool
Cool is trying to learn so much
That we walk in love and people
Know that we walk in beauty, see?

October 4, 2024
Daniel J Arthur