Joy of Arguing

Arguing is a sport, a game,

such a fun activity

That my mom and I would get tangled in.

Sometimes we became so animated, so excited,

So thrilled to be swimming with our points of view,

Our play on words, that we'd burst out laughing,

While my siblings stood, confused, and worried

That we were getting carried away,
Going too far, and would end up fighting.

But for mom and me it was play,

A way to sort out what we thought

About things, about politics, about situations,

And about who we are ,

And who we are not.