Ghandi

If he had been born 

   In times of old

   He might have had

   Shepherds bowing down before 

   But as he had a normal birth

   There was no sign 

   Of the things to come

   As he watched his mother dear

   He observed her fasting with wonder and fear

   And as he grew in body and mind,

   These beliefs grew stronger in kind

   For Gandhi, education was just a chore 

   He felt that all but math was a bore

   His intellect slow and his memory raw,

   A student, by his definition, he was not.

   As teenagers today, we would do well

   To learn, not from Gandhi young, but from Gandhi old

   As he said; his memory and brain were only used

   To criticize teachers and learn bad words.

   England was where Gandhi learned 

   That being a vegetarian is quite hard

   He struggled to find some square meals 

   But never gave up on his beliefs

   He discovered some people who shared his dream

   And with them started a society

   To bring vegetarianism into the mainstream 

   And also to spread it throughout the world

   When Gandhi left England

   He departed with

   Another feather in his cap.

   A lawyer in England was his claim to fame

   And moved on with more dreams of the same.