There was a man with skin cancer one day at Alex beach

He talked here; he talked there to see who he could teach

He walked up and down that beach and no; he did not stop,

But then he saw some youngsters sitting, sunning with no top.

Let me tell you about the time I got cancer cut out

And although extremely painful I did not think to shout

“We’re all tough,” said one boy although t’was more like a bark

But little did they know that the tale would leave its mark

From the day that I was born I lived on this great coast

Alas my friends did not, so I always got to boast

Every day I would surf without one minute’s hesitation

And the sun it would beat down across this great Nation

A tan I always had and have one to this day

But a tan is the very thing that took my health away

Because tanning don’t you know is your skin cells in trauma

And if the doctor did not tell me this then my mother would have been a mourner

The boys looked at each other and then right back at me

As I was lifting up my shorts to see way past my knee

And there on my leg was a dirty scar

And judging by the boys faces my message had gone far

And the very next day I went back to that beach

And saw those very same boys, the ones that I thought I’d teach

And today they were wearing tops, hat and sunscreen too

And I was proud of them - seemed my message had gone through

mpa would like to acknowledge BAYLEY OLSON for this contribution.

Changing lives, Changing attitudes

Thanks young fella