Please Teach Me To Soar

I'm your new friend and I think im here for a stay,
With you friendship and guidance I can go quite a way.
There are people who think I can not learn,
Their negative attitude please help me over turn.

I can sit still in a chair but I don't like it that way,
I like to frolic and giggle and I love to play.
I make beautiful sounds like songs of a whale,
I'm gentler though like a small nightingale.

Not many things do I miss but im not sure that I know,
What snow is made of or what makes flowers grow.
Help me learn that a flower smells good to my nose,
and grass feels good when I wiggle my toes.
Teach me the dangers that are within my space,
so that life is a little safer for me to embrace.
Please teach me the way to be a part of mankind,
In a way I can handle so Im not left behind.

Look at my eyes how they sparkle when I do new things,
Help me move smoothly to manhood and test my new wings.
If you need to see progress to know your reason to teach,
By working with me that goal you will surely reach.
Because Im bright and Im willing and Im eager to please,
I can truly be the eagle you taught to soar with the breeze.

©1990

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