What if?

Not much to say for this one but I have written a children's poem for a change.

What if?

 

What if I were a bird?

Would my fear of heights inhibit me?

Would I sit on a branch

In a trance

Until a cat climbed up and murdered me?

 

What if I were a mole?

Would my claustrophobia cause me stress?

And would the lack of Vitamin D

Have an adverse effect on me?

 

What if I was a chimpanzee?

Would my arthritic finger cripple me?

Would I swing through the trees

But tumble down

And break my back on the stony ground?

 

What if I was a chameleon?

Would my colour blindness be cause for concern?

Would my camouflage fail

Exposing me

To predators who’d make a meal of me?

 

What if I was a hippopotamus?

Would my hydrophobia be disastrous?

If I couldn’t wallow – down in the hollow

I doubt that a mate would follow me.

 

But I am a human being you see

And my defects have little effect on me.

I may not be perfect

But I’ll survive.

I am just grateful to be alive.

 

 Thanks for reading - Adele