Life

 
                    -------by Langston Hughes

Life can be good,
Life can be bad;
Life is mostly cheerful,
But sometimes sad.

Life can be dreams,
Life can be great thoughts;
Life can mean a person,
Sitting in court.

Life can be dirty,
Life can even be painful;
But life is what you make it,
So try to make it beautiful.
 
---美国黑人诗人兰斯顿·休斯(1902—1967)