If I Were

If I were a bird

_{I’d be an hawk.}

_{Not one of those little pretty things}

_{Flapping its jewel tone wings}

_{Crying out those sweet little ditties}

_{So all the girls can love them.}

_{I’d be a hawk}

_{Strong and loud and brave}

_{Crying out from my struggles}

_{not by what sounds pretty.}

_{If I were a bug}

_{I’d be an ant.}

_{Not a butterfly too flitty and dainty}

_{Nor a cicada with their music like violin quartets}

_{Or even a cricket to play accompanying.}

_{No I’d be a an ant}

_{Serving my community}

_{To the best of my abilities}

_{Just because its right.}

_{If I were an animal}

_{I’d be a beaver.}

_{Not a deer to be caught and eaten despite its beauty}

_{Nor a fox with enough cunning to be prideful}

_{Or a rabbit to be dull but lovely.}

_{No, Id be a beaver}

_{Industrious, humble and true}

_{Living in the home I made}

_{Safe from hunters too.}

_{Now you ask why I’d rather be}

_{Creatures of the  forest.}

_{Its a silly notion, yes,}

_{To pretend and make believe.}

_{Yes I know it is true}

_{These things simply cannot be}

_{No need to tell me,}

_{But somewhere, deep down,}

_{these thoughts are refuge from this life for me.}

_{If I were a human}

_{I’d be Kennedy Wrae Inman.}

_{Not Angelina Jolie and her stick thin body}

_{Nor Jennifer Lawrence and her beautiful smile}

_{Nor Charlize Theron with her mile long legs}

_{Or Kim Kardashian and and her plastic attitude and face.}

_{I would hate to have these things, secretly loathing them all at once}

_{For they are once.not me, so stop comparing}

_{I’d like to be me, just}