Kind o’ Confusing

  

 

 

He said he came home early

She said it was late,

He had arrived home

The same time she would wake.

 

If she wakes up early

Then how could he be late?

Did he not arrive home

At the time she would wake?

 

A difference in perspective

Between this husband and wife

And as a result

There is ongoing strife.

 

When he comes at eleven

She says it is early

But thinks he is late

If he comes at twelve-thirty.

 

What’s early for the male

Is late for the female,

They see time differently

That is “for real”.

 

She awakes at four

And that is early for her,

He gets home at four too

And she says it’s later

 

So early for the woman

Is late for the man,

Men, please acknowledge this

When you devise your plan.

 

Stewart Russell © September 2019