No One Else

Now, someone else can tell you how

To multiply by three

And someone else can tell you how

To spell Schenectady

And someone else can tell you how

To ride a two-wheeled bike

But no one else, no, no one else

Can tell you what to like.

An engineer can tell you how

To run a railroad train

A map can tell you where to find

The capital of Spain

A book can tell you all the names

Of every star above

But no one else, no, no one else

Can tell you who to love.

Your aunt Louise can tell you how

To plant a pumpkin seed

Your cousin Frank can tell you how

To catch a centipede

Your Mom and Dad can tell you how

To brush between each meal

But no one else, no, no one else

Can tell you how to feel.

For how you feel is how you feel

And all the whole world through

No one else, no, no one else

Knows that as well as YOU!

© Elaine Laron from My Heart is a Poem: Poetry about Feelings (Little Tiger)