Sense

In Texas
I heard a
Lot of talk
About sense
Over the years.
You can’t fix stupid.
You can teach ‘em to
Type but you can’t teach
‘Em to be pretty are just two
Of the phrases now anathema
To the Left but heard on the Right.
I was raised to believe in the good
Common sense of the people and
Of juries but I’ve been searching
For that sense a long time and
Have not found it in quite the
Abundance I’d hoped for in
Life around the world so
My conclusion is just
Accept folks as they
Are and stop trying
To make them into
What you think
They oughta’
Be and also
Rejoice at
Anything
Folks git
Right.
We are
Only human
And perfection
Is not our birthright.
I think of the Appalachian
Mountains where my family
Crossed west two hundred
Years ago and the sense
Of we ain’t fergitten nor
Fergivin’ and I see in
Myself traces of an
Attitude vengeful
And at odds with
The belief in love
Thy neighbor
And forgive
A wrong
So I am
Struggling
Each day to
Be a better me
Though I know man
Proposes, God disposes.
Do you know who you are?