A Difference Of Philosophy Poem by Matthew Holloway

Where faith and belief
Lead upon separate roads
Where life's choices separate
Souls who could otherwise be one
Where desire burns like a fire
In the hearth of the heart
Yet is is never to be known
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Where friendship stands
And each difference is known
Where honesty is a testament
That can be agreed upon
And judgement is kept
Away from where it is unneeded
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Where hunger and thirst exist
And are answered in different measures
Be it the flesh of animal or the grain of land
Be it wine or water, the fermentation of hops
The butcher or the harvester
Each has their own answer
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Language may lead one to hear
A difference to what is spoken
Or written dependent on the context
Words can mean so much to some
Yet little to others, a truth
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There are philosophies and lifestyles
Faiths and beliefs in the thousands
And none to stand above all others
None to be right or wrong
We each have a mind, heart and soul
And use each in our own way
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To each their own
Less they cause harm to others
Or force upon the roads which leads us
No cross words, no wars should be
A result of a difference
In philosophy