USANDTHEM

My father made the sun shine
And the stars sparkle;
He made the day and night equal.
He saved me from the world
And had a new one turned,
Set fair and meaningful
And true.
Ideals were stacked correctly next
To actuals,
Dreams and aspirations
Kept in context,
Clarified and ordered,
And informed.
And always us and them,
Us and them,
You and we,
Our family troop:
Its sometimes relatives and friends
And streets descended from;
Occupied,
Not lived in mind,
But settled.
With no need of flag or tweed
Or tune to bear before us,
No language barrier or age
Or sex discriminating us,
No lack of love or trust or humour
Sweeping through,
Just us and you,
And any strains that grew
Were sieved out of the mix when
Thoughts of coarser fools arose.