Smile

Smile for your house
Smile for your room
you're lucky you won't
be fleeing them soon

Smile for the roof
Smile for the wall
you're lucky you even
have them at all

Smile for your mum
Smile for your dad
you're lucky for parents
that some never had

Smile for your food
Smile for your drink
you're lukc you don't
have to scavenge or think

Smile at school
Smile as you learn
you're luck you can
pay for term after term

Smile cause of him
Smile cause of her
you're lucky they won't
be gone in a blur

some people here
in this worldly mess
don't have much
live with less and less

live in a shack
of metal and board
just get by
on what they can afford

some loose family
some loose friends
no money or work
food comes to an end

so i am really
trying to say
is remember them
and be grateful for today

September 2009