Why Can’t Everyone Be Like Us?

 

 

Sometimes I sit and wonder

Why people can’t be like you and me,

Why they must be so different

I am sometimes at pains to see.

 

Like for example a friend of ours

We just don’t see eye to eye,

We scarcely look at one another

And prefer to pass each other by.

 

But take you on the other hand

I like how you and I get along,

It seems we seldom disagree

And so neither of us is wrong.

 

If only the world were like us

 Imagine the harmony there would be,

Everyone would see eye to eye

Just like you and me.

 

 

I looked at a puzzle the other day

And no two pieces were alike,

Yet they fit so smugly together

And everything appeared quite right.

 

The whole picture caught my eye

Togetherness was the theme,

Though each piece was different

They created a lovely scene.

 

That picture causes me to think

About how I started this poem:

That because people are so different

This would be the problem.

 

Well that puzzle proves me wrong

It is the other way around

For if variety is the spice of life

Then diversity must be found.

 

 

If everybody were like you and me

Then we would all be stuck in a rut,

Pigs appear to be quite the same

No wonder they are always in muck.

 

So, if at times we rub each other

It might be we’re coming together

Just like the pieces of that puzzle

That snugly fit to one another.

 

Stewart Russell (c) March 2019

 

Unconditional Love The Woman and The Man

To love and to cherish

And to each other be honest

In sickness and health

This shall be our promise

For better or worse

Whether we’re rich or poor

Even when old age comes

Each other we’ll adore

We will work together

Always hand in hand

And whatever must be done

Together we will plan

We don’t need a list

That’s to determine who

We’ll just put our heads together

And do what we must do

We’ll bare one another’s burdens

And share each other’s joys

We’ll rejoice together

Whether we have girls or boys

And even if the pantry’s empty

Our hearts will still be full

For at least we have each other

And that’s reliable

One another we will serve

We’ll do this by taking turns

And whenever one is challenged

Together we will learn

Togetherness will be our theme

At the centre will be God

And faithful we will be

At home and abroad

Notice there is no list

We have no list to sign

Only to remember the vows we made

And to them we are resigned

Stewart Russell © February 2018