As a barefoot child <br />Just coming along <br />I heard the ole folks say. <br />Can't treat a person right <br />Just leave them alone. <br /> <br />I was told much later <br />Careful how you MISTREAT folks <br />So does this mean <br />To throw some rock <br />And then hide my hand? <br /> <br />So I thought to myself <br />What was hard to understand <br />Just be careful <br />How you TREAT folks <br />Then just let that stand. <br /> <br />There's enough mistreatment <br />Without the helping hand <br />Of an unfortunate word <br />Scattered all around the world <br />And across this land. <br /> <br />Seems like a lot of folks <br />Have taken it at its value <br />And have decided to deliver <br />To pay homage to the word <br />Destroying another's character. <br /> <br />But if you are expecting <br />The finer things of life <br />Hoping that no one mistreats you <br />Here's what you'd better do <br />You'd better dropp that character <br /> <br />Before it comes back to you.<br /><br />Cecelia Weir<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/mistreat-or-treat/
