DIFFERENCES BETWEEN US
Maybe if you took sugar,
Or maybe if I drank diet,
Or if you listened to Korn,
Who knows, we might like it
Maybe if I had blue chip stocks,
Or maybe if you collected pretty rocks,
Maybe if I pumped up my bod,
Or maybe if you talked to God,
Maybe if I saw some musical,
Or if you read about the whimsical,
Maybe if you liked snow,
Or maybe if I played 18 holes,
Maybe we�d like it, who knows
Maybe if I saw a Broadway play,
And you learned how to pray,
Maybe if you tried an okra pickle,
And I let my feet be tickled,
Maybe if you were born 8 years later,
(and I were 8 years older),
And I liked the room colder
The differences between us
Make us who we are
The sum of two is more than a few
Twin pieces of a puzzle
will never fit together
Only when one mirrors the other
will the design work, very clever
The differences work
because none of them really matter
Trivialities, idiosynchracies
No difference to any important degree
O, the differences between us
I would not change for the world
If we were both the same,
we�d drive each other insane
So you be you and I�ll be me
and the pieces will fit
Change? I�ll hear none of it!
There�s no real difference
between the wave and the sea
--CRONIN DETZZ
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DIFFERENCES BETWEEN US
Written November 15, 2004
Inspiration
My favorite line is "Twin pieces of a puzzle will never fit together." Remember to celebrate differences and don't try to change other people.