The Suicidal Penguin

Oh! The Penguin is an unhappy bird
If you look at him he is quite absurd
He has two wings but he cannot fly,
This is why the penguin wants to die.
He sees other birds as they fly all around
As he looks up high, while he’s stuck on the ground
He may look stupid but he’s a really nice guy,
But still this little penguin wants to die.

No, this little penguin was not satisfied
For he just couldn’t fly no matter how hard he tried,
The seagulls would tease him, the fish made him cry
And everyday he wished that he would die.
But one night he had a wonderful dream
He sat on an egg and he hatched out a scheme,
If it were the last thing he did, he knew he would fly
Little did he know that he would die.

For several weeks he worked day and night
On a pair of wings that would help give him flight
By the time he was finished it was nearly July,
This would be the month that he would die.
So the day finally came and he climbed up the peak
He was so excited he could hardly speak
He took a deep breath and he jumped, closed his eyes,
He landed with a bump and then he died.

The moral of this story, is you can’t change who you are
And if you try to do it then you won’t get very far,
Learn a lesson from this penguin; you get one shot at life,
Don’t envy others find your own way to fly…

By James Anson

Copyright November 2005