Shirley Hawkins Poet Rhyme

A Person's Right

Education should be a person's right
This does not come easy to those who fight
For the chance to use their brain
To the best of their ability
It's easier to give up and live a life of futility
A life never fulfilled
All hope and dreams diminished
Aspirations and expectations
Lost, over, finished
Without education, many doors are slammed shut
Uneducated people get stuck in a rut
Some turn to drink, others to crime and drugs
Society encourages criminals and thugs
Thugs and criminals cost taxpayers money
And cause unnecessary grief
Compulsive education would bring harmony and relief
There would be no reason to disobey the law
Opportunities would present themselves, not possible before
It would give all a chance to give their best
And join the Human Race with all the rest



First posted 2020

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Deb M February 1, 2023 at 10:02 PM Hear Hear Shirley!! Debx

Gershon Wolf January 31, 2023 at 7:20 PM We have compulsory education in the USA until age 16. Lot of good that's doing. I think that those who want it, get it. :) gw

Victor Buhagiar January 31, 2023 at 2:16 AM It is a pity women are not allowed to study.