Let's Play

A person can make you laugh,
And a person can make you smile.
But they can also cause you to cry,
By acting wicked and vile.

A person can hold your heart,
And stroke it with loving attention.
Or they can impale it at their leisure,
In a spiteful strike of condescension.

A person can make you feel wanted,
And give you a place to belong.
But they can also oust you away,
And leave you to scrape along.

Other people are both good and bad,
This we know for sure.
What we don't know is what are you,
Evil and foul or just and pure?

Perhaps you'd like to be good,
But never gave it much thought.
You stopped reaching out to others,
Who seemed upset and distraught.

A person can love you for your name,
And also hate you just the same.
With this outline we're given a frame,
Of the pattern of life - that's all a game.