Two quacks walking side by side
one looking one way, the other the other
disturbingly similar, they could be one
and never the twain shall meet...
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
Puzzle pieces are made so that they interlock,
but sometimes one of us gets bent out of shape,
and no matter how hard I try to make you understand
you're like that misfit puzzle piece with eyes agape,
acting like you're always right, but stubborn as a rock.
Our differences are like the pieces of a puzzle called life.
You and I can be like that, obstinate and headstrong,
not willing to give an inch, no matter who is wrong,
and it's the reason why we cause each other strife.
We're as diverse as a pitch black night is to daylight.
That's why our opposite opinions become an argument,
in which we use bitter words in a rage to vent.
I doubt we'll ever find the patience that we need
for one of us to give up the fight and finally concede.
If one of us it has to be, I'm sure it will have to be me
because long ago I learned not to do battle with the devil.
The way to make our pieces fit is to agree to disagree.
I'd rather enjoy life that way, before stooping to your level.
On the scale of things,
I don't know much
About technology, politics and such.
Some affluent people think they know all,
And treat others as if they're fools
While some have no common sense
Out of touch, uneducated, dense.
Never the twain shall meet,
If they walk on opposite sides of a street.
The know-alls and the unknowledgeable,
The tolerated and the intolerable.
What trouble this brings,
As we all know nothing,
On the scale of Things.
"Never the Twain shall meet"
Before time t'was always the way,
But now that Way has been made free.
Any barriers on the road prayed away,
His all is left; in us, to share.
Change is here to stay.
Sky and the earth, the symphony....
never the twain shall meet?
I just heard the euphony,
again and again they greet.
"You gorgeous ground,.. you are so down to earth "...
....the clouds thronged, looked down with mirth.
"You infinite blue, ethereal sky, how I wished I had wings to fly. "
The ground looked up,...the clouds so high. ..
longed to clasp them, close and nigh.
" Beautious earth,..green in sight
fragrant flowers. .you look so bright"
"You blazing sky, stars in the night,
twinkling fireworks, showers of light"
"Waves of majesty, your sublime sea
Rhythm of melody, your birds glee."
"See..we are made for each other, Me and Thee." ..
Let's meet over the horizon.,....
The virtual reality. ..
Let's free our Souls. ..into the Eternity.
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