Right And Wrong

Poem

If no one has told me

About right and wrong

Or if no one has taught me

Right from wrong;

Then I learn now

It is wrong

To take property from another

Unless given to me

It is wrong

To borrow and not return

Or promise to do a deed

And not do it

It is wrong

To hurt or kill another person

Except to protect myself

Another or others

It is wrong to bully

Or hurt another’s feelings

If no one has told me

Right and wrong

Then I learn more;

It is wrong

To hurtfully trick

Or deceive someone

Who trusts in me;

It is wrong to hurt someone

Just because that person

Is different from me

Or different from most people

It is wrong to hurt animals

Or desecrate Earth’s sacred life

Just for fun

Or my own selfishness;

It is wrong to abuse myself

Or abuse another person

In any way

Especially a helpless child

Or a baby;

So if no one has told me

I now take the time

To learn

So I can know

And think the right

And moral way

Of living with Earth’s life

And my fellow humankind