A baby needs to learn to crawl,
Weeks before it learns to walk.
A baby needs to learn letters,
Way before it learns to talk.

A toddler needs to learn words,
Months before it learns to write.
A toddler needs to know direction,
Before it learns what's wrong and right.

A child needs to learn to live,
Years before it reaches height,
A child needs to use its hands.
Before it knows how to fight.

A teenager needs to learn respect,
Days before it begins to lose it.
A teenager needs to hold its temper,
As it gets ripped apart bit by bit.

A grownup needs to learn business,
Before it learns how to survive.
A grownup needs to learn to live,
Right before it begins to die.