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Why Can'T We Get Along

Why can't we all just get along?
Why can't we agree to disagree?
Should we use violence to right a wrong?
It doesn't make much sense to me.

Why can't we agree to disagree?
Surely we can find a way.
It doesn't make much sense to me,
All this hate expressed today.

Surely we can find a way,
To bring about peace and healing.
All this hate expressed today,
Has set our country reeling.

To bring about peace and healing,
Should we use violence to right a wrong?
Our country has been set reeling.
Why can't we all just get along?

7/27/21

Copyright © Kim Merryman | Year Posted 2021

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Sandra L. Weiss Date: 8/10/2021 10:26:00 AM A pantoum, beautifully written. It sounds simple enough to do, but why don't we? Login to Reply

Curtis Johnson Date: 7/30/2021 11:39:00 AM I love this piece Kim. May God hear our cry. "...violence to right a wrong?". Two wrongs cannot make a right. 2W=R. Not! Blessings. Login to Reply Kim Merryman Date: 7/31/2021 6:13:00 PM Thank you, Curtis!

Joe Dimino Date: 7/30/2021 10:53:00 AM For sure; it could be a much brighter, happier world would such insanity not rule the day. The problem is, how does one compromise with wrong? And I still believe that there is such a thing as right and wrong, and not that all things are relative, and no one has access to truth. Excellent write. Thank you for sharing. Login to Reply Kim Merryman Date: 7/31/2021 6:10:00 PM There is a right and wrong but the powers that bed are trying to blur the lines. Thank you for your comment, Joe!

Victor Buhagiar Date: 7/30/2021 6:18:00 AM Lovely pantoum. We, humans, have a tendency to be always on top. Login to Reply Kim Merryman Date: 7/31/2021 6:09:00 PM Thank you, Victor!

Gershon Wolf Date: 7/29/2021 7:54:00 PM Great question. No easy answers right now. Interesting how we look to Capitol Hill and Congress to set the tone for the nation. We used to look to our priests, ministers, and rabbis for such guidance... The secularization of America and the West continues apace... C'est la vie. ~ Gershon Login to Reply Kim Merryman Date: 7/31/2021 6:08:00 PM Sadly true. Thank you for your comment, Gershon!

Jennifer Fenn Date: 7/29/2021 1:44:00 PM Amen amen amen! Login to Reply Kim Merryman Date: 7/31/2021 6:07:00 PM Thank you, Jennifer!

Harry Horsman Date: 7/28/2021 9:03:00 PM It does seem all do agree, Kim, yet there are those out there. That have a need to stuff everything up, especially if there is a profit to be made. Anyhow the poetry is superb and most telling. love it. Login to Reply Kim Merryman Date: 7/31/2021 6:07:00 PM Thank you, Harry!

Andrea Dietrich Date: 7/28/2021 5:00:00 PM It's in the rule book: Divide and conquer. Whose rule book? Do you know? They seem to be winning the game!!! Login to Reply Kim Merryman Date: 7/31/2021 6:06:00 PM I'm sure it's the devil's playbook. God isn't happy with the way we're behaving down here. Thanks for the comment, Andrea!

Tom Cunningham Date: 7/28/2021 2:49:00 PM Excellent message in your verse Kim if only but we must never give up hope. Tom Login to Reply Kim Merryman Date: 7/31/2021 6:05:00 PM Thank you, Tom!

Heidi Sands Date: 7/28/2021 2:45:00 PM Excellent Pantoum Kim :) Login to Reply Kim Merryman Date: 7/31/2021 6:04:00 PM Thank you, Heidi!

Phyllis Babcock Date: 7/28/2021 12:05:00 PM Yes why can't we all get along and why is there so much destruction and anger today. Love these words of wisdom Kim. love phyl Login to Reply Kim Merryman Date: 7/31/2021 6:04:00 PM Thank you, Phyl!

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 7/28/2021 7:29:00 AM - Very great written ... and I agree with you, Kim :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Login to Reply Kim Merryman Date: 7/31/2021 6:04:00 PM Thank you, Anne-Lise!

Eve Roper Date: 7/27/2021 8:12:00 PM Words of wisdom told... great Pantoum, Kim. Login to Reply Kim Merryman Date: 7/31/2021 6:03:00 PM Thank you, Eve!

Kim Rodrigues Date: 7/27/2021 7:37:00 PM Many people write on this subject! You’ve said it well, Kim! Login to Reply Kim Merryman Date: 7/31/2021 6:03:00 PM Thank you, Kim!

L Milton Hankins Date: 7/27/2021 6:39:00 PM That is such a good question, Kim. I am totally in synch with every word you wrote. Login to Reply Kim Merryman Date: 7/31/2021 6:03:00 PM Thank you, Milton!

Alexis Y. Date: 7/27/2021 6:31:00 PM Hi Kim, I agree with your message 100%. All the hate in the world needs to be eradicated. “ Why can't we agree to disagree?” If we did, we would be moving in the right direction. Great job. I'm adding this to my fave collection. Have a great day:-) Alexis Login to Reply Kim Merryman Date: 7/31/2021 6:02:00 PM Thank you, Alexis! I'm honored that you would fave this!