Clean if you must, but wouldn't it be better, <br />To paint a picture or write a letter, <br />Bake a cake or plant a seed, <br />Ponder the difference between a want and a need? <br /> <br />Clean if you must, but there's not much time, <br />With rivers to swim and mountains to climb, <br />Music to hear and books to read, <br />Friends to cherish and life to lead. <br /> <br />Clean if you must, but the world's out there <br />With the sun in your eyes, the wind in your hair, <br />A flutter of snow, a shower of rain. <br />Run in a park and freeness gain <br /> <br />Clean if you must, but bear in mind, <br />Old age will come and it's not kind. <br />And when you go and go you must, <br />You, yourself, will make more dust.<br /><br />Arielle Perkins<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/clean-if-you-must/
