REPLY ALL WARS
 

It starts so sudden,
out of nowhere,
someone replies to all,
perhaps a nerve was touched,
it could have been an innocent mistake,
and for many it is the fun of it all.

The mail comes fast now,
a letter or two per minute,
many new friends are being made,
many complaining,
many threating ABUSE,
each reply all in trade.

They can go on for days,
I remember some that lasted a week,
then suddenly, it is quiet once more,
and for so many of us,
our address book has many names,
it didn't have in it before!!

We all have made many new friends,
from a reply all war once fought,
for while many yelled and screamed,
there were others who became friends,
and some made GREAT discoveries,
so it wasn't as bad as it seemed.

So it goes with all of us,
for each day that we live,
each experience is really a door,
we enter and we are afraid,
for it is always the unknown,
we'll never be the same as before.

Within that door are many things,
other doors are also there,
it is the maze of time and space,
there is good, there is bad,
we're going to be touched by it all,
it is after all, madness of the human race.

Remember, as you go through days,
much is not what it seems,
as it first comes into view,
much good will turn to bad,
what appears bad may really be good,
it is the stuff that makes YOU, YOU.
 

©Written by: Ed Kassirer
September 20, 2001