Don’t Say i Think, but i Will

A bullfrog in a swamp down south

decided he would try to sing,

but a sound which came from his mouth

was like a croak, if anything.

Taking a man from a mountain

but not the mountain from the man

or rippling sound from a fountain

is like saying, “I think i can.”

The bullfrog thought perhaps he could,

but thinking doesn’t make it so.

Maybe he could sing very good

if he changed i think to i know.

Doing what we think we ought to

depends on our attitude, too.

Walt Abbott 8-24-2011