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Never the Twain
What is it in certain men's DNA
that makes them act in a certain way?
To harbour secrets big and bold
appear aloof, austere and cold
What makes them love and care?
What makes them risk and dare
to lose it all on the throw of dice
a lifetime's work lost in a trice
To want a girl or perhaps a guy
is life just a lottery until you die?
Programmed to lust out of need
to propagate humans with our seed
To love a woman requires attention
To love another needs dedication
In isolation both are wonderful
brought together makes you a fool
petty jealousies are divisive
with heated rows so corrosive
East is East and West is West
Love them but ... separately is best
My burden alone as the 'love cheat'
but never the twain shall meet
that makes them act in a certain way?
To harbour secrets big and bold
appear aloof, austere and cold
What makes them love and care?
What makes them risk and dare
to lose it all on the throw of dice
a lifetime's work lost in a trice
To want a girl or perhaps a guy
is life just a lottery until you die?
Programmed to lust out of need
to propagate humans with our seed
To love a woman requires attention
To love another needs dedication
In isolation both are wonderful
brought together makes you a fool
petty jealousies are divisive
with heated rows so corrosive
East is East and West is West
Love them but ... separately is best
My burden alone as the 'love cheat'
but never the twain shall meet
Published 27th Dec 2018
Author's Note
inspired by Rudyard Kipling's "The Ballad of East and West"
Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,
Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgement seat;
But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,
When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth!
Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,
Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgement seat;
But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,
When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth!
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27th Dec 2018 1:25pm
dearest David perfect meter
and masterful write...
within this perfect form
I can feel the underlying pain
and perhaps anger...
you are an intriguing gentleman...
love Brenda ❤
and masterful write...
within this perfect form
I can feel the underlying pain
and perhaps anger...
you are an intriguing gentleman...
love Brenda ❤
28th Dec 2018 3:15pm
My dear Brenda, thank you for your kind comments yet again. Much appreciate them. I never intended the mystic or intrigue. If anything I wear my heart on my sleeve more than is good for me!
The pain and more accurately frustration caused is none but my own doing as is so often the case when one falls in love.
David x
The pain and more accurately frustration caused is none but my own doing as is so often the case when one falls in love.
David x
Anonymous
27th Dec 2018 3:09pm
Yes I agree with beautiful Brenda, most intriguing read. Beautiful and sad.
28th Dec 2018 3:18pm
Thank you Liah, women at war is never a pretty spectacle so to be avoided at all cost. Subject of another poem possibly. :) David x
27th Dec 2018 7:45pm
Great write👏👏
Full of Wonderful lines
"To want a girl or perhaps a guy
is life just a lottery until you die?
Programmed to lust out of need
to propagate humans with our seed"
Ha that is spectacular👏👏
Deep message which definitely rings true to me
Enjoyed this!
Full of Wonderful lines
"To want a girl or perhaps a guy
is life just a lottery until you die?
Programmed to lust out of need
to propagate humans with our seed"
Ha that is spectacular👏👏
Deep message which definitely rings true to me
Enjoyed this!
28th Dec 2018 3:25pm
Many thanks for your read and generous comments. I could sum it all up in one line; 'the more I know about women the less I understand them' but although I have spent a large proportion of my adult life studying them in minute detail as I find that I both admire and respect their huge capacity to love and care I confess they still baffle me. Not deterred by this I will keep trying. David
