Today I sit
On Mommy's knee
Eyes wide open
As she tells me,
"Daniel, you are the future."
I don't quite understand
What Mommy means
And though things aren't always
What they seem
I know I am the future
Today's my birthday
I'm ten years old
I remember the words
My mother once told
That I am the future
I'm sixteen now
Times have changed
Wars go on
And people act strange
But I can change the future
Today I'm twenty
And what I do
Saves lives of those
Who are important too
We work to help the future
Now I'm forty
With a wife and kids
I've settled down
But what I did
Has helped to shape the future
I've lived my life
I'm eighty today
The kids are grown up
They've long since moved away
And now they are the future
So I told my son
When he turned three
What my own mother
Had told me,
"Andrew, you are the future."
Andrew looked up
Through widened eyes
"Daddy, don't worry,"
He said with a sigh,
"I know I am the future."