Trading Places

Would you like to trade
With me for just one day
I'll take what you have
And you can take my place
It might do us good
To bring about a change
If we traded places
For a single day

I'll take all your problems
And you take all of mine
We might find the answers
If given enough time
It's easier sometimes to see
From a different side
From another perspective
From another's life

Then we both can trade back
When it is we're done
Perhaps apologize 
If we did each other wrong
I'm sure it would open up our eyes
To a lot that's going on
Teach us much about ourselves
All the do's and don'ts 

A little give, a little take
If we decide to trade
I'm not saying forever 
But just for today
Give ourselves if nothing else
That much needed break
So what do you say
Do you want to trade?
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Turner Avatar
August 19, 2016 at 8:29 PM
I'm with Cheryl. I am retired and loaf all day. What about you? This is really a fantastic poem Mike. If this was possible, I believe this world would be a much better place for all. I'm going to give this a 7.
Hauser  Avatar
August 19, 2016 at 11:34 PM
I write my best poetry with my hands in a toilet...not my head!
Hauser  Avatar
August 19, 2016 at 11:20 PM
I work 16 hour days 5 days a week... I have a lawn and cleaning business so I can work when it's light outside AND when it's dark! Yeah me!
Hoffman Avatar
August 19, 2016 at 6:32 PM
It all depends on what you do for a living Mike, lol! Nice poem btw my friend!:)
Hauser  Avatar
August 19, 2016 at 11:20 PM
Thank you my dear!
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