I wanna be a duck...
It’s your world: by Common"What do you want to be when you grow up" he asked?
The child replied, "I wanna be a duck!"
For some this may just be a childish response to a mature question. We all have been asked these same few words and in reply, we most likely said things like a fire fighter, a doctor, a rock star. However, when this young child said she wanted to be a duck, tears came rolling down my face. I couldn't hold them back. I was on my way to work 6:45 in the morning about a mile away from my job site. She said it... and I broke down. All day I couldn't stop thinking about what she had said.
A child so innocent, so mild, so like me. Her imagination was vibrant, and her dreams indigo. It was beautiful. Unlike most children, burdened with the reality of materialistic objects and dimwitted dreams, this young mind had a view on life unlike no other. Spacious and worry free; she embodies wisdom already, and she does not even know it. I wanna be a duck. I wanna live in the clouds, maybe fly to the moon; catch the wind, splash in the sea of life. Quack my way to the top! Her imagination is fruitful and just beginning to bloom. Just imagine 10 years from now when you ask her the same question. Maybe she will become Baraka, Betty(Shabazz), Badu, or Bohemian. The world is yours children. I wish that my generation would step up and change the way younger children are thinking these days. Rather than wanting to be something practical, sensible, reachable, they strive to be rappers and actors fly hustlers and gangsters. A fasle imagine of life. I’m not knocking those that do pursue these careers; however, there is a greater chance of a black male or female becoming a doctor than a pro athlete. Believe it! It's your world, but sometimes we need to come back to earth, plant some seeds, shift some rocks and fly with the ducks. I don't know about you, but...I wanna be duck!
posted by Liber8Lyph @ 6:43 PM
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