He Says - She Says
He says. "Never say, I can't."
"Why on Earth not meet defeat
admit you're seldom right.
Saying you CAN is vanity
and looking for a fight."
He says. "Don't look back on failure ..."
"Dwell on failure is what I say
thank failure with a smile!
A learning tool is what it is
to shorten your next mile."
"Good results are scant." He says.
"Oh goodness," she says. "Where are you looking?"
Don't you breathe the air with roses blooming
and eat your fine wife's lucious cooking."
"Taste life's gifts," she says. "Don't focus on doom."
He says. "But, praise is less than complaint!"
"Enjoy the ACTION she says, not the "at-a-boy!'
it is YOU who decides what's of value to YOU
and how to feel about every judgment deployed.
Your opinion of self is what you should pursue."
"Embrace the TRUTH with stoic composure." He says.
"The truth...which truth is that?"
"Laugh," I say, "in the face of those
to those opposed, tip your hat.
Revealations comes with growth!
He says. "Be rawhide tough and BULLDOG mean."
"Oh God, what men don't do?
Be sweet, be soft be kind I say
and like returns to you
for your soul you've not betrayed."
"Defeat," he says, "has no place in your repertoire ..."
Now here, she says, "it's not defeat to wish upon a star...."
Poets: Charles Henderson & Debbie Guzzi
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