O ! my dreadful wonderful world

O my dreadful wonderful world

How can I know who is who and what is what

All look alike-with eyes black, lips red

Curly hair and fingers straight.

Where is the difference tell me please.

What is the difference?

I smiled at him, he smiled at me

She looked at me, I looked at her

I walked a mile,he walked before me

I sighed and she too sighed

when I cried she too cried

When I sneezed he too did the same.

What is contagious? Look or smile?

Lisp or laugh?

Who will tell me what is the difference

between you and me or me and you?

Attitude! Attitude and the attitude!

Yelled from behind someone who lost control of her tongue

Temperament! Temperament! Temperament

Shouted out someone in temper tantrum.

It’s nature! Nature! Nature

Slowly spoke the simpleton of a simple village

Hereditary! Ancestry ! History! Geography

Muttered the middle aged Milton of the town.

I looked ahead to see someone

Who would come anew to teach me a lesson

I looked back to see the ones who answered my queries

And I found none ahead or behind.

Now I must answer this age old question

Who is who and what is what in this world

Why should I answer?

Who am I to answer or question?

This world is a dreadful wonderful world

Where saints and satans march together.

So be at your best that others may rest by your side.

>>>> Sister Mariella. C. T. C.Carmel Convent, Nahan. H. P.