photo: D.R. WagnerJust Like Me
There exists far around the world
a small town of people called “The Barold.”
They are a very special people indeed,
so listen to my words and take heed.
Believe me, this might apply to you
because a “Barold” could look
just
like
you!
For some special people, which could include you,
this special occurrence is delightfully true.
Now don’t get impatient, we’ve plenty of time
to explain all this, and I’ll stick to the rhyme.
Believe me, you just might have one too,
a Barold that looks
just
like
you!
So what is it like, in this place ‘round the world?
It’s a small country village with pathways that curl
all around tiny houses with Barold inside
that are happy to in this quaint place reside.
Now believe me, you just might have one too,
a boy or girl that looks
just
like
you!
In this village every Barold living there
is happily one half of a matching pair.
The other half lives somewhere else far out in the world,
perhaps unaware their image is also held by a Barold.
Believe me, you just might have one too,
a boy or girl that looks
just
like
you!
Now, let me just say that this isn’t like twins
that can match everything down to their grins.
No, Barolds are not related to their matches a bit.
And most matches have never once met!
But believe me, you just might have one too,
a boy or girl that looks
just
like
you!
Now, I’ve no idea how this came to be,
but there is even a girl who looks just like me.
It might have occurred randomly,
or perhaps was through a bit of alchemy.
And believe me, you just might have one too,
a boy or girl that looks
just
like
you!
From a young age I knew of this girl
and treasured her close to my heart like a pearl.
How did I know her? Why, I couldn’t say.
Thoughts of her just came to me from far away.
Believe me, you just might have one too,
a boy or girl that looks
just
like
you!
So I used to think of this girl as I grew
and knew she was growing just as much, too.
I spoke, danced and lived and the girl who was me
did the same things, only differently.
Believe me, you just might have one too,
a boy or girl that looks
just
like
you!
I used to think, as I laid in my bed,
that for each raindrop did fall on my head
a mirrored drop of sunlight fell brilliantly
onto this girl that looked just like me.
Believe me, you just might have one too,
a boy or girl that looks
just
like
you!
Now why, you might ask, would sun shine for her
when rain fell on me?- which I did not prefer.
It’s because she lived a life opposite mine
due to alchemy or the universe’s design.
Believe me, you just might have one too,
a boy or girl that looks
just
like
you!
Of course, I should tell you, that the way this goes
is that somehow the universe apparently knows
my life very well and makes it so that
this girl’s life is opposite mine, tit for tat.
Believe me, you just might have one too,
a boy or girl that looks
just
like
you!
For example, in case you can’t picture that well,
when I’m sleeping she’s lively as a gazelle.
And remember, even our weather is tied
with opposite happenings on either side.
Believe me, you just might have one too,
a boy or girl that looks
just
like
you!
For, just like I said, we lived opposite-
pretend I’m vanilla and she’s chocolate.
For all that I’m calm and trip over my feet
she has attitude and glides down the street.
Believe me, you just might have one too,
a boy or girl that looks
just
like
you!
You might think it strange that I was not bothered
by this identical stranger that had not been fathered
or mothered by my own mom and dad
but there’s a reason it makes me really glad.
And believe me, you just might have one too,
a boy or girl that looks
just
like
you!
You see, all the Barold live in this one town,
the knowledge of which is slowly dying down.
That’s why I’m glad I know of the Barold
so I can share their uniqueness with the world.
And also remember this might apply to you:
there just might be a person that looks
just
like
you!
There’s also the fact that I have my own plea
because I found the town of the girl that matches me
and it seems she had left to find me herself,
which is no small feat, in and of itself.
Believe me, you just might have one too,
a boy or girl that looks
just
like
you!
I’ve looked far and wide to find this girl-
I’ve practically traversed the whole wide world!
So, please, if you see someone who looks just like me
you must point me out to me out immediately!
And believe me, you just might have one too,
a boy or girl that looks
just
like
you!
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