These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

Must Agree

Some days 'mid the chaos here
Hope has little Peace.
We can't see our way so clear.
Burdens don't release.

Humans say we must agree
to be our loving best,
but in this can we be free
to be ourselves and rest?

Agreed I am. It does feel bad
when opinions differ sore,
but when agreement makes us sad
ourselves exist no more.

When friends are the same, agreed we are,
but one of us it seems
is unnecessary to both so far
as being one great team.

Agree or disagree we will,
but when we show respect
our lives are blest as we both fill
our hearts without neglect.

by Jay O’Toole
on February 14th, 2024