This day, we welcome you. <br />We teach our ways to greet you. <br /> <br />We are one kind among many the world encircles. <br />Touch all gently. <br /> <br />Our people are near us always. <br />Find yourself among the best. <br /> <br />Cities display our inventions and designs. <br />Watch, wonder, and wander away. <br /> <br />Highways are dark and long, concrete and crowded. <br />Make your own way. <br /> <br />Birds and beasts bring news of the planet. <br />Good news for your ears only. <br /> <br />The sea foretells the past and future. <br />Live now. <br /> <br />Soil is the source of the great and the humble. <br />See the small creatures close. <br /> <br />Mountains reveal nothing lasts. <br />Make peace with this. <br /> <br />Rivers flow in the direction of days. <br />Mark the many courses well. <br /> <br />Woods are where the world breathes. <br />Breathe deeply. <br /> <br />We greet you as your way begins. <br /> <br />Welcome to the planet. <br />Welcome home.<br /><br />Eric Paul Shaffer<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/welcome-to-the-planet-a-greeting-for-newborns/
