Stay Strong Around Here

In this land of milk
honey, cotton and silk,
only the strong survive.
And strength is of heart and the ilk.

Always be kind to the poor,
there are a lot of them here.
You must not give them your all,
a minute a day might be enough.

When you go to the dance
look for the left out girl
and dance with her,
she will remember you forever.

The neighbors don’t live next door,
they are anyone and everyone
that you can give a helping hand,
no matter how little it seems to be.

It is not muscles that means strength,
around here strength is of a different kind.

In this land of milk
honey, cotton and silk,
only the strong survive.
And strength is of heart and the ilk.

Younglan Louis