Always and Never

Always and Never

are sister and brother.

You can't have one

without the other.

If you always drink coffee,

you never drink tea.

If you're never imprisoned

you'll always be free.

If you always worked

you'd never get to play.

If you never went home

you'd always be away.

But to do something never

can't always be good.

And to do something always —

I'm sure I never could. 

I often like sometimes;

I sometimes like often.

Always and never

are too hard. Let's soften!

But if you leave one,

you must leave both together.

They travel in tandem,

always and never.

Should I bid them goodbye

forever and ever?

No! I often like always

and sometimes like never.

So though I won't always

say always, that's true,

I don't think I'll never 
say never, do you?

Poetic Asides November Poem A Day Chapbook Challenge: day 20, ‘Always …’