Not On This Side Of Your Fence

Your backyard is in shambles!
And you peer over my fence,
With attempts to convince me...
Your life is one that is more advantageous,
Than the one in peace I live?
One without conflict that exists?
One I enjoy just the way it is?

And you say this is what I am missing...
A chaos I've have long dismissed,
And,
From your point of view...
I am in need of more of it?

Is this your way,
Of asking for assistance...
To help turn on your light switch?

One of us has a need to wake up.
And in my world...
Your world is not invited!
That darkness you provide,
Will not on this side of 'your' fence reside.

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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