What Do You Want To Be?
What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?
age 10
One day my mother asked me,What do you want to be?
Do you want to be a teacher,Or a singer full of glee?
Are you meant to be a writer,Who day dreams all day long?
Thinking whether to write a poem, A story or a song?
Or will you be an explorer. Who travels to unknown lands?
Where you will brave wild animals With only your bare hands?
Or will you be a lawyer, Who stands up for what's right?
Asking witnesses what happened On a certain day or night?
I might be one of the those things, I said, They sound interesting too,
But most of all I want to be, A mother just like you!
Published in The Colors of Life, 2003