purple and yellow
delicate spires and broad leaves
but contrast succeeds
when we are free to disagree,
we make each other stronger
Copyright 2018 Brenda Davis Harsham
Notes: Let’s stop shouting each other down, refusing to hear each other, and acting as if human beings are rabid wolverines. Most of us are gentle folk with a love of family and respect for the world. When we come together is when we are strongest. Congressional hearings, presidential missteps and burgeoning indictments are not who we are, they are a side show distracting from what really matters, our country’s strength in unity.
24 thoughts on “Strength in Contrast”
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Friendly Fairy Tales 
Nice photo and words.
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Thanks!
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Your poem is spot-on Brenda, love it, we need to be able to disagree, and I love the image too!
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Thanks, Michelle. We need to think about the future thoughtfully. It was easier to disagree with kindness when the other side’s message was worry about the deficit and big government. I don’t follow their message now, it’s constantly changing. But there must be grains of sense there, or so many wouldn’t support it.
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Love these words: “…they are a side show distracting from what really matters, our country’s strength in unity.” Your poem speaks to the need to embrace our differences and find strength in them.
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Yes, time to put aside anger and outrage. Time to think about strategies.
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Free to be/you and me/free to disagree
I’ll go along your garden path
As long as you go along mine a time or two too
Thanks for bringing out the beauty of diversity, Brenda.
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May we all succeed, rising above the chaotic currents. Thanks for stopping by Heidi.
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Great post – we need more people thinking like this!!
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Thank you! It’s how our country was founded.
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Maybe if we all had to address each other in poetic verse we would be more thoughtful and civil. 😉
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You’re right. We need a poetic revolution.
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Good work with profound message
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Thanks, Derrick. I much appreciate you reading.
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Always worth a look
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XOXO
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Thank you for this, Brenda. Going out on a limb here…
It’s an issue well past due.
I have always been able to be friends with someone with a different point of view. I don’t look for a clone to be my friend!
We need all the colors in the world, and not just in pastels. I am a vibrant red. I hope we can all grow in the garden. My views are much different than many of my Internet friends, but I keep them under wraps. I don’t need everyone to know and try to convince them to be vibrant red, too. Who wants a garden with only one color? Thanks again, Brenda. (Heading back to my tree trunk. Been out on the limb too long. lol!)
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I’m glad this spoke to you. I do think we need to be able to talk and have respect for each other. It’s a two-way road. The world needs truth, civility and kindness.
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sing it loud, brenda!
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Yes!!
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I agree ☝️ such powerful words … disagreement definitely makes us stronger. Beautiful poem, dear Brenda. Sending love and best wishes. Happy weekend 😘⭐️
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Thanks, Aquileana! Have a wonderful weekend yourself.
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Well said…love how you found the message in the garden.
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Thank you. So many answers are right at our feet, if only we take our eyes off the screen to see them. 🙂
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