Song of Myself

This is an assignment I did in 10th grade. My English teacher apparently thought it was worth publishing, but, I never did it.

A Song of Myself - Josaphat D. Chambers

I celebrate myself, I sing myself,
And what I know, you know.
For the Creator who created me, created you.

I look with my eyes and the eyes of my soul feast.
They take in all the delicious beauty of the nights,
and the days.

My body, mind and soul love to learn.
We learn from more than school, or our parents.
Now, like our parents we have also learned from experience.
We learn from experiencing nature, circumstance, energy;
We learn from trials and error, which in some cases are
good to begin with.

My mind, body and soul enjoy the precious arts
which occupy our room.
We wonder if these sometimes abstract, beautiful or
ugly pieces of art shall mean much
We have use this gift for good and are delighted in all
these gifts have taught us.

We sing of our life; our life of learning and understanding.
We, in our life of learning, often are as naive as children;
And in this "naivete" we have learned many things.

My body, mind and soul love the experience and value of learning.
We enjoy being taught, whether it be right or wrong, I may not know,
But, through future experiences all that I have been taught will be good in the end.

I sing because I am happy, I sing because I am free
For the Creator who gave you the the ability to experience and learn,
Also gave that gift to me.