Proficiency

Anything is easy
If you know what you are doing.
Things you've trained for flow along,
Like breathing or like chewing.

Plumbers plumb and dentists drill
And doctors practice healing.
Gardeners plant and typists type
And robbers work at stealing.

Policemen police and actors act;
Chefs cook and dancers dance.
You can be proficient
If you only have the chance.

But better stick to what you know
Until you've got the training.
Practice helps 'til you excel
At skills you've been retaining.

Until that time, you're better off
With experts there to hire;
Let someone who knows his stuff
Do what your jobs require.

Each of us can claim to be
Proficient at some skill,
But still admire expertise
In which our training's nil.