Exasperating people all around I see:
The things they do to you and me --
Little, petty, big ones, too,
Not only to me, but also to you.
Can't you see how mean they are?
My ways are better, I'm sure they are.
Some days this way I looked at them,
But one day came, and this I'll pen:
All these exasperating people came to help
When I was in trouble and no way out,
And now when I look at them I see
Just one exasperating person -- me!

- John Willis Winter
(A long-time friend of Teen Challenge
of Greater Cleveland, John has now passed on 
to his eternal reward.)

[Copyright: John Willis Winter, 1999.]