What Little Boys Are Really Made Of
"Snips and snails
and puppy dog tails,
that's what little boys are made of.
Sugar and spice
and everything nice,
that's what little girls are made of."
But envious were boys.
So they broke all their toys
just to show they could be girls, the like.
The world wouldn't take it
at large, they'd forsake it
just to show boys that "good boys" are right.
So what do we do?
Do we break all the rules,
or do we show that the rules should be changed?
The rules that say,
"Hey! You're not okay!"
That's a rule I don't think I'll obey.
Help the world see the love,
instead of the hate,
show the rainbow beyond black and white.
And the things we could do,
when we all pull through,
might make old Mother Goose change our fate.
Copyright © Stephen Beach | Year Posted 2012
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