When I Grow Up….

When I grow up someday, what should I choose to be?
There are so many choices, but which one’s right for me?
Should I go to college? What diploma should I get?
Do I want to be a doctor, or a lawyer, or a vet?
I could also be a plumber, a waiter, or a cop.
I could be a baseball player or write and never stop.
What would I do each day? What job is right for me?
A perfect dancer on the stage, or a famous actor on tv?
Should I be a scientist, and learn how to cure disease?
Or do I help the homeless, right here or overseas?
Construction workers are important, but electricians are that too.
What about a dentist’s job, I might want to do that too!
I could be a teacher or the principal of school.
What about the president? That would be so very cool!
I could be a firefighter and save a million lives.
I could drive a tractor-trailer and take a million drives.
Let us not forget what else that I could be.
A pilot in the sky, or a sailor in the sea!
The choices are so many, with so many things to do.
I can see so many choices but can do just one or two.
From artist to zookeeper there are many things to be.
Someday I’ll figure out what job is right for me.
Today I think I’ll wait, and take the time to play.
I’ll wait to see what happens as I grow up each day.
And then I’ll make the choice of what I want to do.
But since I’m just a kid, I have a day or two!

Writen by Erica Orient