I will tell you about me like this:

I will never be tall,

I will never be small,

I will never be a man,

I will never be a football fan.

I would certainly like to have coffee in bed,

but  it looks so sad,

as I’ll have to get up,

without any make up,

then … to dress, then to undress.

I will never jump as high as 2 meters,

because…I won’t be able to run up.

May be I could run up but…

 I won’t be able to come off the ground

and everyone will laugh around.

I will never get a Nobel Premium

I will not live a millenium.

I will never sing at the Opera House,

I will not live in Laos

and a young guy will not tell me:

I love you and miss.

But now, I know quite well,

there is something I have to tell

to my grandson, to my dearest one.

I have passed through all.

Now you are tall.

You have to understand,

it’s not so easy to live on this Land.

You are free to chose,

but I don’t want you to lose.

I haven’t become this or that

but I never regret of the passed days.

I will give you nothing

but my life experience.

 and without any interference into your life

I would like to say:

Have patience!

Have enough valiance!

Never think about vengeance!

Give to older ones reverence!

Live your life with prudence!

 

 

Larisa R ( Odessa, Ukraine)