August 10, 2019-
The seesaw was built for balance.
Gradually, that balance wore away,
as the bigger kids always favoured,
the right-hand side.
Getting to the seesaw first,
they managed to decide
how high, how fast,
it went up and down.
One day, a clever one,
from among the littles,
figured out how to restore
the balance.
He made some progress,
but was beaten
and chased off,
by those from both groups,
who were used to
things as they were.
Try as they might, though,
the big kids couldn’t
restore the imbalance.
After several tries,
a series of little kids
began to enjoy the left side
being equally balanced
with the right.
There was an equal chance
for either to be above.
The bigger kids,
and some of the littles,
began to wail,
to cry UNFAIR!
One of the biggest
then got on the seesaw,
landing on it hard.
He knocked the device
out of balance again,
so much so,
that neither most of the littles
nor many of the bigs,
were happy.
Those who were happy,
were very loud about it,
and outshouted the unhappies.
This went on for some time,
until the more thoughtful
on both sides,
took a good, hard look
at the seesaw.
In the dead of night,
they restored the balance.
No one had to be hurt or maimed,
it was just that the right thing happened.
DISCLAIMER: The “left” and “right”, in this poem refer only to the sides of an actual seesaw, and not to the political right or left.
I do hope they get together and restore the balance!
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As do I!
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Balance will be restored one way or another as the universe always come back into balance.
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True enough!
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