O CANADA

How lucky to be born
Where prosperity is the norm.
I wasn’t born in Haiti
Where scarcity is the norm.
I wasn’t born in Somalia
Where militia’s are the norm.
I wasn’t born in Bombay
Where struggling is the norm.
I wasn’t born in China
Where thought repression is the norm.
I wasn’t born in Syria
Where intolerance is the norm.
How lucky to be born
Where freedom’s still the norm.

Cy, Sat., Feb. 21, 2009