Respect

What's wrong with showing a little respect? It’s not hard to do Saying things such as Ma'am or Sir to your elder I'm sure these are manners That your parents have taught you Or speaking when you walk into a room How about holding a door open for people Who are walking behind you? When was the last time you? Gave up your seat to an elder on the bus Or removed yourself for the room When an adult had things that they wanted to discuss My children please understand That these things will help you To become a well rounded, and respectful Human being These things are not taught to us To be harmful or mean Trust me I know that Growing up we have growing pains But I had to realize that it was me Who had to make a change? Instead of walking around the world With anger and strife I had do build my own situations in my life 'Treat people with the same respect that you want in return

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Josefina Costales

Date: 6/27/2016 7:14:00 PM

I get the lesson you're writing about here, but how is this an ABC poem. I always thought that in this type of poem (personally I do enjoy reading it),the 1st letter of every line should start with the word of your title. Like, for Respect, the line should start with an "R" word. I may be wrong, so would appreciate enlightenment. Thanks

Nsideout Davis
Date: 6/30/2016 2:30:00 PM

thanks for your feedback Josefina Costales. I only selected the ABC type poem beause I was trying to get the piece up. I coming to go back and do some editing soon.