Toleration

By Kate Noble

I know we don’t share points of view

you skirt ‘round me, I guard ‘round you

our talks end up a hot house stew

we rail from angles that seem new

sure standing firm’s the thing to do

fixed in belief we’re different hues

so reaching mid-ground’s hard to do

and with divides one thing’s to do

as more’s ‘twixt us, than that we knew

we both share imperfections glue

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Kate Noble's creative writing shares time with singing engagements. Her professional life in disability advocacy has led to a keen interest in social justice, women’s issues, mental health and well-being, together with an interest in liminal spiritual and ‘thin' spaces. Read more – waking the mind whilst touching the soul – in Lothlorien, Witcraft, The Writer’s Journal, The Journal of Undiscovered Poets, The Wise Owl and Blink INK. She is 59 years of age, living in northern England, UK.