If I wasn't born as me...

If I wasn’t born as me

Written by Susie Cullen

As I sit here in the window, looking at the street below

I like to watch the people as they come and as they go

Mums with prams and shopping, students and people walking dogs

School children, carers, policemen and sweaty people jog

So as I sit here all alone, and I wonder what would I be

Would I be happy and contented, if I wasn’t born as me?

If I wasn’t born as me,

Why, I’d go swimming in the sea!

I’d dive down deep beneath the waves and swim amongst the fish

And then I’d spy a mermaid and I would make a huge big wish

I would race a million silver sharks, and I’m sure I’d be the winner!

And hope that they don’t get all cross and eat me for their dinner!

Perhaps I’d be a movie star or a singer in a band!

People would stand and cheer for me, oh wouldn’t it be grand!

If I were a bird I’d flap my wings and I’d fly up in the sky!

I’d pack a bag upon my back and kiss my friends goodbye

Distant lands with pyramids would be new sights to see…

How I would love to see the world, if I wasn’t born as me

One day I’d be a giant and I’d sit high upon a house!

But people run and hide from me so I’d change into a mouse

I think I’d be an astronaut, to spy the world from space

And I wonder if I would be happy, if I had a different face?

What if my legs would work and I could run, dance and climb a tree?

I could be like other children, if I wasn’t born as me

I love the smell when mummy bakes the hustle bustle of our home,

My noisy siblings chattering and Auntie calling on the phone

How I love when Grandad sits and reads ‘til I fall asleep and snore

If I were someone else instead, I wouldn’t see him any more...

I’d miss my friends, my pets and family and I know they would set me free…

But I wouldn’t change a single thing, because I love just being ME!

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