If i were born a Maasai I would live as Maasai do <br />I would live as my ancestors did and love my cattle too <br />But I was not born a Maasai that's life one must suppose <br />The daisy of the paddock can never be a rose. <br /> <br />If I were born an Eskimo I would live in an Igloo <br />I would fish in the cold Artic sea and hunt seal and caribou <br />But I was not born an Eskimo and it would be fair to say <br />That I am just an ordinary man not unique in any way. <br /> <br />If i were born a Pacific Islander I'd fish the ocean far and wide <br />The stars o'er the Pacific at night would be my guide <br />But little point in saying if for if can never be <br />I was born in the Northlands far inland from the sea. <br /> <br />If I were born an Australian Aboriginal I would hunt the kangaroo <br />And dance around the camp fire and play the didgeridoo <br />But I was born distant from the sunshine of Cape York <br />In view of Clara Mountain in Millstreet County Cork.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/if-i-were-born/
