I should have been a Ninja
I like to wear black
I sleep with a sword
In case of an attack
I should have been a Ninja
I got skills with a staff
I am usually quite
Even when I laugh
I should have been a Ninja
I like to wear masks
To hide my identity
So don’t even ask
I should have been a Ninja
But there is one problem you see
I don’t like to kill
I like to make free
If I were a Ninja
I would try to set free
Children from predators
In terror they would flee
If I were a Ninja
I would secretly find
The plans of a terrorist
To kill all mankind
I would copy the plans
On a copy machine
Fax them to the world
For everyone to see
If I were a Ninja
In secret I’d help the weak
Give of my time
Their good I would seek
I would give of my goods
To feed those that hunger
Especially the elder and
Especially the younger
It then hits me
And I finally see...
A Ninja of freedom!
That’s what I’ll be!
11-6-09
Copyright © 2009 Brian Jackson All rights reserved
Those of you that know me well, know the first section is literally true (well, ok maybe not an expert at the bo staff)....the last section....let it be! I think this would make a good children's book. There is actually a lot of meaning to this poem though, if you think about it. The main message here is that many times we dream of being something great (according to our own ideas), yet we can be the greatest by being the least of all. This is true freedom...freedom from self. Let's all be Ninja's of Freedom, devoting our lives to others.
4 comments:
(Insert Accent) Can I join you master Oniwaban Shinobi and together we can help the Shimabara escape from Hara? (See master, I can write poetry too.)
-Ice
Very well Padawan white belt(insert punctuation)...bara and hara do ryhme(insert thumbs up), but beware of the dark side my young apprentice...their rhymes are like mimes that trap like an invisible box.
Meditate on this young iceman. : )
Thank you for your kind comment and wise warning, O Shinobi. I will try and be very careful, master. Flying Snow and I had a good laugh.
You need to google Shimabara and Hara.
Shimabara and Hara hmmm...interesting. The death star was destroyed and the peasants(closet jedi's) hid on remote planets...it's too late now my friend. We can still bring blankets...and help prevent another rebuilding.
There is a time iceman when the stars align. Be anxious for nothing.
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