What having manners mean? <br /> <br />Pompously speaking same tongue as Queen? <br /> <br />Knowing how fancy table perfectly is set <br /> <br />Or how to eat proper with not a stain or finger wet? <br /> <br />Whole complicated code of how to dress <br /> <br />Or to salute with gracious reverence? <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Nooo, not really, isn't it more than that! ? <br /> <br /> The Respect we've got to have <br /> <br />From deep inside <br /> <br />Not only showed, but really felt? <br /> <br />For anyone or anything.. <br /> <br /> Is watching self, be fair, good, keeping clean <br /> <br />Not stink, nor sting, never be mean <br /> <br />always being careful not to say or do <br /> <br />to others, any unpleasant thing! <br /> <br />Those are good manners, don't you think? <br /> <br />For any human kind to keep at heart <br /> <br />No matter if they're living <br /> <br />In a Palace or in a simple tiny Hut <br /> <br />If they don't know to read or write <br /> <br />or if they have an MBA at Oxford or Harvard. <br /> <br />The Simple Old Good Manners <br /> <br />Let all of us to be aware of Others <br /> <br />Then harmony, hopefully, we 'll find <br /> <br />For us, the human kind..<br /><br />Elena Sandu<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/good-old-manners/
