Ilene Bauer Poet Rhyme

Everybody's Mishegoss

Everybody’s mishegoss*
Is different from our own.
One person’s crazy fears won’t match
The ones to which we’re prone.

Spending time with others
May surprisingly reveal
Ideas and actions out of sync
With how we live or feel.

For all of us succumb to
Thoughts irrational, which lack
A basis in reality,
Appearing out of whack.

Yet we cling to our perceptions,
Feeling justified and smug
While opinions that may differ
Will be greeted with a shrug.

Everybody’s mishegoss,
Perfected and unique,
May surprise or disconcert us
When we manage just a peek.

*craziness

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Caren Krutsinger April 24, 2023 at 10:26 AM exactly why we should spend time with others "Spending time with others May surprisingly reveal Ideas and actions out of sync With how we live or feel."

Gershon Wolf April 20, 2023 at 6:29 PM Who you callin' meshuga?! lol. As they say, it's a meshugina velt these days!! ~ Crazy Legs Hirsh

I Am Anaya April 20, 2023 at 4:17 PM I really love this piece, Ilene. Can't please everyone so ya gotta please yourself. ;D faving because I can't stop thinking of it!

Daniel Turner April 20, 2023 at 1:44 PM "Sometimes you change your mind, sometimes your mind changes you" Ilene, it's a rare bird who will look at both sides of an argument. Nobody wants to admit they are wrong.