DON'T TELL ME
by Shel Silverstein
Please don't tell me I should hug,
Don't tell me I should care.
Don't tell me jus thow grand I'd feel
If I just learned to share.
Don't say, "It's all right to cry,"
"Be kind," "Be fair," "Be true."
Just let me see YOU do it,
Then I just might do it too.