Four Poets by Al Young
Stay beautiful, but don't stay down underground too long.
Don't turn into a mole, or a worm, or a root, or a stone.
Come on out into the sunlight, breathe in trees, knock out mountains,
commune with snakes, and be the very hero of birds.
Don't forget to poke your head up and blink, think, walk all around, swim upstream.
Don't forget to fly.