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