I want to be happy,
I want to be pleased,
I want to be snuggled,
I want to be teased.
I aspire to be kind,
I aspire to be true,
I aspire to be friends,
With people like you.
And as a little child,
I close my prayer sincerely,
And I hold my precious teddy,
And hug him close and dearly.
Linda Claire
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/aspiration-for-a-child-s-heart/
