We Come if Welcome

 

 

We come if ‘welcome’,

If not, we will not,

After all, we aim to please you

And serving is our lot.

 

Only where ‘welcome’

Is where we will go,

You have the right to affiliation

And that right we know.

 

We strive not to offend

But rather, to satisfy,

And your privacy is your right

Which we won’t deny.

 

We come if ‘welcome’

Is our stated policy,

We won’t turn up unannounced

At anybody.

 

That ‘l’ is important

One finds in welcome

And if it is unilaterally ignored,

It becomes we come.

 

That is presumptuous

As in “we have the right”!

No, my erudite learned friend

That right is might.

 

“Ever so welcome,

Wait for a call”

Used to be neighbourly advice

Adopted by all.

 

So, we come if ‘welcome’

Is there for all,

We won’t take any for granted

But wait for a call.

 

Stewart Russell © April 23, 2025