Everybody's Mishegoss

Everybody’s mishegoss*

Is different from our own.

One person’s crazy fears won’t match

The ones to which we’re prone.

 

Spending time with others

May surprisingly reveal

Ideas and actions out of sync

With how we live or feel.

 

For all of us succumb to

Thoughts irrational, which lack

A basis in reality,

Appearing out of whack.

 

Yet we cling to our perceptions,

Feeling justified and smug

While opinions that may differ

Will be greeted with a shrug.

 

Everybody’s mishegoss,

Perfected and unique,

May surprise or disconcert us

When we manage just a peek.

 

*craziness